FACTS & FAQS

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Quick answers to all your fishery-related questions.

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All About the Rainbow and Brown Trout

Trout is the name for a number of species of freshwater fish belonging to the genera Oncorhynchus, Salmo and Salvelinus, all of the subfamily Salmoninae of the family Salmonidae.

The word trout is also used as part of the name of some non-salmonid fish such as Cynoscion nebulosus, the spotted seatrout or speckled trout.

Most trout such as Lake trout live in freshwater lakes and/or rivers exclusively, while there are others such as the Rainbow trout which spend two or three years at sea before returning to freshwater to spawn, a habit more typical of salmon.

The Albury Estate stocks Rainbow Trout with Brown Trout at certain times of the year. All fish are reared at the Albury Estate Fish Farm.

 

FAQs

See below for frequently asked questions about fly fishing at Albury Lakes.

No catch and release in any of the lakes, if you catch a fish you must keep it. Each fish caught uses one Fish Token. Catch and Release is permitted on all river beats and is compulsory at Millhouse lake, the Fly Fishing for Carp lake.

Yes, all our lakes are designated for Fly Fishing. We stock Trout in all lakes apart from one lake at Weston that is a Carp lake. No coarse fishing permitted.

All lakes open at 8:30am and close at dusk.

Each token purchased represents a fish caught. For each fish caught a token is placed in the return box at each lake. A token is valid for the fishing season (April 1st -  March 31st)


If you don’t use all your fish tokens on your visit unused tokens are carried over to your next visit (just purchase the Day membership)

Day Members may purchase 2, 3  or 4 Tokens at a time. Season Members may purchase Tokens in 10s.

The Albury Estate Fisheries is a membership only fishing club. You can join as a day member and pay to go fishing by the day or you can become a season member and benefit from unlimited fishing with no daily charge. We also offer a Syndicate membership at the Albury Park Fishery.

We ask that all fishing is booked online prior to fishing.

Well behaved dogs can accompany members, provided they are kept under control and not to wander or disrupt other anglers or any wildlife.

We operate 4 lakes in Albury, close to Guildford in the Surrey Hills.

The Cafe is now open four days per week, Tuesday to Friday between 8.30am and 2.30pm for breakfast and lunch.

We operate a tutorial programme for new anglers where we can help you with the basics and loan you with equipment for your first day. See Learn to Fly Fish page.

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