The Seven Angling Club has access to around a mile-and-a-half of pristine river running through farmland south of the village of Sinnington, which is a couple of miles west of Pickering in North Yorkshire. For the past few seasons the club has not stocked the water, so it is to all intents and purposes a wild brown trout fishery. The fish are not huge – 12” is a good specimen – but are natural and can be stunningly coloured and will put up a fight that belies their size. There are also good numbers of grayling and you may take the occasional small chub.
While there are no formal ‘beats’, the river can be roughly divided into four sections, each with its own characteristics.