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River Esk (Yorkshire)

Type
Freestone river, England, United Kingdom
Season
Apr–Oct (salmon)
Where the season comes from

Close seasons in Yorkshire byelaw area The close season for: salmon is 1 November to 5 April

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
None listed
Listed by
1 authoritative list
Guides
3 nearby
Shops
None listed

Today on River Esk (Yorkshire)

No live reading
Why there is no reading

No provider we read publishes a machine-readable feed on this water. We show no number rather than a guessed one.

Regulations & lists Guides & shops

The River Esk running still beside a riverside path under spring woods
Photo credit

The River Esk, North Yorkshire. Photo: Peter McDermott, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

More about River Esk (Yorkshire)

The River Esk (Yorkshire) is a freestone river in England. The Environment Agency, Cefas and Natural Resources Wales list it as a principal salmon river. This is the North Yorkshire Esk, which enters the sea at Whitby (the Environment Agency's “Esk (Yorkshire)”).

Where to fish

About this

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.

Restrooms near River Esk (Yorkshire)

Restrooms near River Esk (Yorkshire)

Restrooms within 2 miles of River Esk (Yorkshire) 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 3 restrooms near River Esk (Yorkshire)

Skip the map; every place is in the list below

Map of 3 restrooms near River Esk (Yorkshire), numbered as in the list, with the water’s point marked.

Map: © OpenStreetMap contributors · OpenFreeMap · © OpenMapTiles

  1. Restroom

    0.3 mi away in a straight line

    Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.

    Directions
    We don't know yet: is it clean? · flush or vault? · free? · open to everyone? · step-free? — tell other anglers: show the questions
    • Is it clean?
    • Flush or vault?
    • Free?
    • Open to everyone?
    • Step-free?

    Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map

  2. Wild Slack

    0.8 mi away in a straight line

    At a campground

    Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.

    Directions
    We don't know yet: is it clean? · flush or vault? · free? · open to everyone? · step-free? — tell other anglers: show the questions
    • Is it clean?
    • Flush or vault?
    • Free?
    • Open to everyone?
    • Step-free?

    Mapped on OpenStreetMap · see or fix it on the map

  3. Restroom

    1.5 mi away in a straight line

    Not rated yet — be the first to tell other anglers if it's clean.

    Directions
    We don't know yet: is it clean? · flush or vault? · free? · open to everyone? · step-free? — tell other anglers: show the questions
    • Is it clean?
    • Flush or vault?
    • Free?
    • Open to everyone?
    • Step-free?

    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 WearEngland · Freestone river · about 62 km · live gauge
  • River TyneEngland · Freestone river · about 85 km · live gauge
  • River LuneEngland · Freestone river · about 118 km · live gauge
  • River CoquetEngland · Freestone river · about 119 km · live gauge

Sources OpenStreetMap via Nominatim (position)Overture Maps places (guide map points)

Where the map point comes from

Position: the OpenStreetMap feature “River Esk, North Yorkshire, York and North Yorkshire, England, United Kingdom” (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), found with Nominatim; a point on or near the named feature, approximate.

We hold no access map for England yet.

The map shows shops and guides nearby that publish a street address on their own website. Everyone else is in the lists below.

Regulations and official lists

About this

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.

Guides and shops near River Esk (Yorkshire)

About this

Listings are unclaimed: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.

Guides

All England guides

Shops nearby

No shop nearby yet.

All England shops

How these are chosen

Guides whose own website names this water come first, nearest first. After them, fly-focused guides within 60 km whose website does not name it. Distances are straight-line.

Shops whose website names this water first, then fly shops within 100 km when the shop's website gives its location.

Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories.

Species

About this

The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.

Listed by the agency

  • Atlantic salmon
  • Sea trout

Fish these in the US

About this

Matched on the fish the agencies list for both waters first, then the same water type, an official designation or flagship listing on both, and a similar mapped size where USGS hydrography covers both.

At most two waters per country. A shared fish is a listing, not a promise: presence varies by reach and season.

Like the River Esk (Yorkshire)? Same fish, US waters.

  • The Housatonic River at Kent, calm and reflecting bare trees and wooded hillsSteelhead / salmon water
    Photo credit

    The Housatonic River at Kent, Connecticut. Photo: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    Housatonic River

    Connecticut

    Same fish: Atlantic salmon · also a freestone river

  • Sepia print of Kennebago Lake with birch trees and a stump on the near shore and low mountains across the waterFly-fishing only
    Photo credit

    Kennebago Lake, Maine, which the Kennebago River passes at its western end, in a print from about 1875–1880. Photo: Rijksmuseum, CC0, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons

    Kennebago River

    Maine

    Same fish: Atlantic salmon · also a freestone river

  • Anglers wading and fishing from the grassy bank and from drift boats on the wide lower Salmon River in autumnSteelhead / salmon water
    Photo credit

    Anglers on the lower Salmon River near Port Ontario, New York, in October. Photo: Bill Blevins, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    Salmon River

    New York

    Same fish: Atlantic salmon

  • Wyman Lake on the Kennebec River framed by autumn foliage near Moscow, MaineCatch and release
    Photo credit

    Wyman Lake on the Kennebec River near Moscow, Maine (the impoundment above the Solon tailwater). Photo: Paul VanDerWerf, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

    Kennebec River

    Maine

    Same fish: Atlantic salmon

  • The Black River flowing dark and smooth through northern forest in Cheboygan CountySteelhead / salmon waterRepresentative photo · not Saint Marys River
    Photo credit

    The Black River in Cheboygan County, Michigan. Photo: SweetCanadianMullet, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Saint Marys River.

    Saint Marys River

    Michigan

    Same fish: Atlantic salmon · also a freestone river

Gear checklist

About this

A steelhead and salmon fly-fishing checklist: a switch or spey rod (or 9′6″ single-hand) in 7–8 weight, Skagit lines and sink tips, swing flies, studded boots and cold-weather layers, with estimated prices and where to buy.

Steelhead & salmon

11′–13′6″ two-hand rod, 7–8 weight, Skagit head + sink tips · Steelhead and Pacific salmon

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Videos 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

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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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Sources for this page

Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.

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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 “River Esk, North Yorkshire, York and North 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.