2015 Newsletter
PLEASE READ THIS DOCUMENT AS IT CONTAINS INFORMATION YOU WILL NEED TO BE ABLE TO FISH SPRINGWELL LAKE THIS YEAR Dear member, Happy New Year to you. I hope there is a great year in prospect for you all! 2014 (more…)
Category Archives: NHWAS News
Burglaries in the Rickmansworth area
I’m sorry to have report of another tackle related robbery. One of our members returned home from visiting family at the hospital to find his house had been broken into. Items lost and recognizable are a set of 3 red, (more…)
Historic Photos
Hi all – I hope your new year has got under way positively. I have a number of meetings looming with regard to the river Colne back stream (Mill End Loop) restoration and I could really do with some photos (more…)
CVFC 2014 review
Please find below the 2014 review from the chairman of the Colne Valley Fisheries Consulative which you may find of interest: Working for fisheries and anglers in the River Colne Catchment Review of the year 2014 If ever there was a (more…)
Access to Swims at Springwell
As you will be aware our current rule of not allowing access with tackle past the pumping station on the east bank of Springwell is largely an inherited system that was in place before the public were granted access. For (more…)
Closed Season on Springwell Lake
Because of the amount of time Full Members ‘lost’ at the commencement of the 2014/15 season due to the algal blooms and fish mortalities we have reached agreement with Affinity for this coming closed season which is, in effect, not to have one. As a (more…)
Crayfish Trapping
We are about to embark on an ongoing trapping effort on both the river Colne and Springwell lake. If you wish to fish a swim where a trap is placed you may pull it tight into the margin so it (more…)
28/12/2014 River work party
Over the Christmas break, we are organizing an unscheduled work party. 28th December starting at 8.30am. This is because urgent work is needed on the river. If you would like to help out or can spare 4 or 5 hours (more…)
Requests from the Angling Trust
We appreciate (hope!) that many of you will already be individual members of the Angling Trust and support the work that they do through your individual membership fees, so apologies if you have already received the following requests directly from (more…)
Springwell Lake access – paths reopened.
Just to let everyone know that the permissive footpaths around Springwell Lake have now re-opened and we are reverting back to the original rules about access, ie if you are fishing the East bank you can not take tackle past the (more…)