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Chester Moor: (Dunelm AA Waters)

Water Rules

1. There is no vehicular access to this water.

2. Access is on foot as indicated on the map by the - - - -  lines

3. The minimum size for non migratory trout is 10 inches.

4. Treble hooks must comply with the following :-
a) Fly fishing not more than 6.5 mm gape.
b) Other legal methods of fishing - not more than 9.5 mm gape.

5. The use of lead core lines or additional weights when fly fishing      is not allowed.

6. The following documents must be carried at all times
a) Current club membership card.
b) The appropriate rod license. and to be produced on request by any EA official or bailiff
    or any member or bailiff of Durham City or Hartlepool AC’s

7. The use of maggot is trickily forbidden during the period 15th March - 15th June inclusive.

Dunelm AA fishing is on the LEFT bank only, indicated by the broken red line - - - - - -

The river Wear at Chester Moor is owned jointly by Durham and Hartlepool angling clubs and known as Dunelm AA water.

Access is not good, the official access is along the north bank of the burn which runs into the Wear to top end of the water. There is access to the bottom end of the water via the footpath from the residential houses at Crichton Avenue and also along the bridal path close the the Croxdale Fast-Fit Auto centre on the south bound  dual carriage way. The river is a little bigger here than stretches further upstream and has produced some good match weights of both chub and dace. Barbel have started to show in recent years and some good perch have been reported. Chub weights of up to 100lb were recorded during the summer of 2005.

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E.A. Byelaws apply at all times