Mulberry Whin Fly Fishing
- Fly-fishing guide
- Unclaimed
Driffield Beck
- Type
- Spring creek, England, United Kingdom
- Season
- Mar–Sep (brown trout)
Where the season comes from
all non-migratory trout in rivers, streams, drains and canals, and for brown trout in all waters other than enclosed stillwaters, is 1 October to 24 March There is no close season for rainbow trout in any stillwater, or for brown trout on enclosed stillwaters.
Set for the Environment Agency North East byelaw area (our mapping of this river to it). The page gives the close season; the months shown are the rest of the year.
Rod fishing byelaws: North East
Environment Agency (GOV.UK) · checked 2026-11-04. Dates change each season: confirm them there. - Live gauges
- 1 verified
- Listed by
- 2 authoritative lists
- Guides
- 2 nearby
- Shops
- None listed
Today on Driffield Beck
Reading the gauge…
Photo credit
Driffield Beck from Beverley Road, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire. Photo: Martin Dawes, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
More about Driffield Beck
Driffield Beck is a spring creek in England. The Catchment Based Approach (CaBA) Chalk Stream Restoration Group lists it as a chalk stream. The Environment Agency names it in its River Hull Headwaters flagship chalk stream project. It is the upper River Hull (Elmswell Beck / Driffield Beck, also called West Beck) in East Yorkshire. Also called River Hull Headwaters and Driffield West Beck.
Water level now at the gauge
Reading the gauges…
Where to fish
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Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish. Most waters here need a rod licence or permit and often a beat booking or club ticket; the listing pages under Regulations say which.
Nothing on this page grants or implies access.
Driffield Beck on the map
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Gauges, shops and guides nearby
Map of Driffield Beck: gauges, shops and guides
Map of Driffield Beck with 1 gauge.
Restrooms near Driffield Beck
Restrooms near Driffield Beck
Restrooms within 2 miles of Driffield Beck in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.
Map of the restroom near Driffield Beck
Skip the map; every place is in the list belowMap of 1 restroom near Driffield Beck, numbered as in the list, with the water’s point marked.
Cross Hill
0.5 mi away in a straight line- Wheelchair accessible (mapped)
- Hours: Mo-Su 09:00-17:00 (mapped)
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Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map
Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.
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- River TyneEngland · Freestone river · about 139 km · live gauge
- River LuneEngland · Freestone river · about 142 km · live gauge
Regulations and official lists
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Each line is an official list that names this water. Those pages are the authority on seasons, licences, limits and closures for each beat or reach; read them before you go.
- Chalk stream (CaBA Chalk Stream Restoration Strategy index)CaBA Chalk Stream Restoration Strategy 2021 - Appendices, Appendix H: Chalk stream index · Catchment Based Approach (CaBA) Chalk Stream Restoration Group · checked 2026-10-20
- River Hull Headwaters flagship chalk stream project (Environment Agency)Working to improve Yorkshire's globally rare habitats (21 September 2023) · Environment Agency · checked 2026-10-20
Guides and shops near Driffield Beck
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Listings are unclaimed: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.
Guides
West House Trout Lakes
- Fly & game fishery · fishery
- Lake & stillwater
- Lodge packages
- Unclaimed
Shops nearby
No shop nearby yet.
Species
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What 2 nearby guide websites mention: what guides advertise, not a survey or a promise of what you will catch.
Named on 2 nearby guide websites
- Brown trout2
- Grayling1
Gear checklist
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A practical checklist for fly fishing small mountain trout streams: a short 3–4 weight rod, light line, a few buoyant dries and simple wet-wading gear, with estimated prices and where to buy.
Small streams
7′6″–8′6″ rod, 3–4 weight, floating line · Brook, cutthroat, rainbow and brown trout
Open the checklistVideos for this water (5)
Watch: reading a trout stream
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Seams, shelves and soft water, shown on real rivers.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
How I Learned to Read Water (Fly Fishing)Embedded from YouTube · Mad River Outfitters · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube How To Read The Water with Tom RosenbauerEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube Reading the Water to Successfully Locate TroutEmbedded from YouTube · Orvis Guide to Fly Fishing · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
Not sponsored All videos on reading water
Watch: nymphing basics
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Indicator rigs, depth and detecting the take.
Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.
90° Nymph RigEmbedded from YouTube · Huge Fly Fisherman · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube Casting with an Indicator & Better Nymphing TechniquesEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
Not sponsored All videos on nymphing
Fish Tales
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Trip stories anglers chose to share publicly and tagged with Driffield Beck.
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Sources for this page
Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.
All 7 sources and dates
A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.
Live readings come from the named provider when the page is shown, under the licence shown on each card. Designations, species and the flagship note link to the agency or body that publishes them; this page copies only the list wording and the species names. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. Position: the OpenStreetMap feature “Driffield Beck, Garton, Little Driffield, Driffield, East Riding of Yorkshire, Hull and East Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom” (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), found with Nominatim; a point on or near the named feature, approximate. Water type is our own classification.
- CaBA Chalk Stream Restoration Strategy 2021 - Appendices, Appendix H: Chalk stream indexCatchment Based Approach (CaBA) Chalk Stream Restoration Group · checked 2026-10-20
- Working to improve Yorkshire's globally rare habitats (21 September 2023)Environment Agency · checked 2026-10-20
- Rod fishing byelaws: North EastEnvironment Agency (GOV.UK) · checked 2026-11-04
- Environment Agency station F3105: Wansford Snakeholm LockEnvironment Agency · checked 2026-10-20
- Environment Agency licence: Open Government Licence v3.0Environment Agency · checked 2026-10-20
- OpenStreetMap via Nominatim (position)© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL 1.0 · checked 2026-10-20
- Overture Maps places (guide map points)Overture Maps Foundation, CDLA-Permissive 2.0 · checked 2026-09-30