Tring incorporates four separate reservoirs which were built over several phases between 1800 and 1838 to supply water to the nearby Grand Union Canal on land owned by the famous Rothschild family who retained the sporting rights with the waters being bailiffed by four generations of the Double family.
The sporting rights were put up for sale in 2007 and the rights to the fishing on Startops, Marsworth and Wilstone were acquired by The Canal and River Trust who are continuing to make coarse fishing available on day ticket in association with Tring Anglers.
The Canal and River Trust has also introduced a new Season Ticket which incorporates fishing on the three coarse reservoirs at Tring together with angling on the delightful Clattercote Reservoir near Banbury.
As with the other Tring Reservoirs, Startops tends to fish best when there is a wind blowing across the water or when there is cloud cover.A feature of Startops are a couple of floating reed beds out from the right hand dam wall which are anchored to the bottom of the reservoir. These are known to attract the fish but anglers must be careful not to snag the anchoring chains which hold the reed bed
Without doubt the most popular Tring water for pleasue anglers, Marsworth is less intimidating than the other two coarse reservoirs having low dam wall banks which give direct access to the waterside and a mix of both wide open and specious grassy bank pegs and more intimate sheltered pegs among the trees. although the fish in Marsworth are not thought to run to potentially record-breaking size of
Wilstone Reservoir is renowned for its big tench which run to over 14lbs. Indeed, the fishery once held the UK record for the species with a fish of 12lb 8oz 11dr caught by Alan Wilson in 1985 and produced the UK’s first brace of double figure tench to Andy Nellist in 1991. It continues to be an excellent tench water and is capable of producing a tench over the existing record.
Twenty acres in size, Tringford Reservoir is the only trout fishery on the Tring Reservoirs complex and offers fishing for rainbows from one grass bank or from seven boats which are available for hire.Fishing on Tringford is available by day ticket or season ticket. Day tickets must be booked in advance by telephoning Bob Menzies, the Head Bailiff, on 0780 280 5236. Four hour sessions with three f
