Draycote Fly-Fishers Association

Welcome to the DFFA website

Welcome to the Draycote Fly-Fishers Association website. We use this site to provide information about what events we run and how to get the best out of your fishing visits to Draycote Water.

Note that we don't actually run the fishery - most of us fish there on a regular basis.

We have built this website to show what we do and share our knowledge about how to make the most of a trout-fishing visit to Draycote Water. We encourage you to explore our website by using the tabs at the top of the page. Below we have contact details if you have any enquiries or wish to join us.

Draycote Trout Fishing

The fishery is now operated by Anglian Water Parks. Boat and bank tickets can be purchased on the Anglian Water Parks website. Click on the link below to access this. We strongly recommend that you buy online as tickets are sometimes unavailable to purchase for walk-in customers.

The 2026/27 season opened on the 7th March for both boat and bank angling. Bank clearance took place over the winter and Tower Bank, Lincroft, Biggin and the Cornfield are all now fishable. Severn-Trent's contractors are now in phase 2 of expanding the capacity of the reservoir. You can now only drive around anti-clockwise from the lodge to Toft and as far as Tower Bank. Bank access is restricted to all of Rainbow Corner and the Draycote Dam. Your car registration needs to be put into the tablet at the lodge before you fish otherwise you will get a parking fine.

Fishing tickets

The new Draycote Fishery telephone number is

07814 293810

Note this number is not to be used for bookings. Anyone wishing to make a telephone booking should contact one of the other Anglian Water lodges:

Pitsford 01604 781350

Rutland 01780 686441

Grafham 01480 810531

There is a well-stocked shop that is open from 8am to 2pm each day.

New Wheelyboats for Draycote

On Tuesday 28th July we launched a brand-new Coulam 16 Wheelyboat at Draycote. This follows months of fundraising by DFFA, the All-Abilities Friendly Fly Fishers and the Wheelyboat Trust. A second boat was also commissioned and delivered earlier in the year. The Wheelyboats are a vital asset to provide safe, improved access to Draycote Water for disabled anglers.

Go to our photos page for more pictures of the event.

Our Next Events

Winter meetings propgramme

Our Winter programme of meetings will resume on the 10th November with our Annual General Meeting. All members are welcome to attend. Subs for the 26/27 year can be paid at this meeting or by bank transfer. New membership cards will be issued to those who have renewed.

Our meetings are held at the Dunchurch Social Club on the second Tuesday of each month until March 2027. Start time: 7.30pm. Check the activities page for details of the speakers and activities each month.

Matches

The match programme for the 2026 season has now successfully been completed. Anglian Water are holding a Fur and Feather Match of their own on Sunday 15th November. To check availability and book you can visit the AW site here

Boat Safety for Anglers.

Anglian Water have recently produced a new video about boat safety. We recommend all anglers to look at this before their next boat visit to Draycote. Note also there are new rules about the wearing of AW life jackets and the fixing of boat seats to the boat.

Contact

info.dffa@gmail.com

07855 164761

Our Facebook page has up-to-date reports about what we are doing.

For any enquiries you can either use the email address above or fill in the enquiry form.