Day Tickets are now available to purchase online through the website https://www.dellangling.co.uk/wps/temporary-day-membership/ . To access the page you will need to enter a password which is tdas followed by the current year’s gate code. All fields must be completed before payment can be processed via PayPal. A copy of the PayPal receipt must be available for inspection by the bailiffs if requested.

You can still purchase guest tickets through South London Angling and Peter Vecchi.

Please note that effective today the cost of guest day tickets will increase to £10.

Voting packs have been mailed out this morning and you should receive it in the next few days.

Please follow the instructions carefully as incomplete or spoilt ballot papers cannot be counted.

Ballot papers must be received by latest Friday 9th April 2021. Early return is advised to avoid missing the deadline due to delays in the postal service. Votes received after the deadline will not be counted.

Should your pack not arrive by next weekend 26th March, please email or phone me (contact details are on the website).

Considering the current Covid situation, it appears highly unlikely that we will be able to have an AGM and therefore a formal vote on the Committee until much later this year, if at all. The Committee feels this is unacceptable and have decided to hold a postal vote for those Positions being contested.

The Committee invites members who wish to stand for a position to apply in writing to the Secretary at secretary@dellangling.co.uk; applications must be proposed and seconded also by email from existing members. Applications must be received by the 28th of Feb 2021; applications received to date will be included. The vote will be held in April and will be overseen by a member who is independent of the current committee.

Over the past few weeks we have received a number of second hand reports concerning cormorants at the Dell. No confirmed sightings have been reported directly to the committee and these unsubstantiated reports conflict with our own monitoring and data collection. Members of the committee and bailiffs have visited the lake every day at varying times over the last month and over that period only a few birds have been spotted. These were easily deterred by non-lethal methods.

When fishing the Dell it is the member’s responsibility to deter these pests when seen to protect our fish stocks. However the committee requires as much data as possible relating to confirmed sightings to support our licence to cull persistent birds. To that aim we have created a web form for reporting all legitimate sightings and methods used to deter.  The form can be located here or via the link under Membership. When completing the form we would ask that you include as much detail as possible and attach up to 5 date/time-stamped photographs of exactly when and where the birds have been observed. This will assist us in targeting our activities. Please note that this form is for data collection purposes only and you will not receive a reply to your message. All other concerns relating to the lake should be emailed to secretary@dellangling.co.uk.

As always the committee thanks you for your support in this matter.

The lake will be closed the weekend of Saturday 23rd January and Sunday 24th January 2021.

Due to the nature of the work to be undertaken the lake will be fully closed and the gates locked.

The committee have reviewed the latest statement by the Angling Trust and are pleased to announce that we are reopening the Dell. It is up to members to abide by the rules of only travelling locally and fishing overnight is not permitted. Note that until the government confirms what they have said to the Trust in their own guidance the Police may not accept fishing as exercise.

The link to the Angling Trust post is here:

We have now seen the guidance from the Angling Trust and in line with their recommendation we will be closing the Dell with immediate effect.

As soon as we are permitted to reopen we will do so. During the lockdown period, members of the committee and the bailiffs will be making frequent visits to conduct essential maintenance and to make sure that cormorants are not attacking our fish.

Following Boris’s announcement and pending further clarification the Dell will remain open. Members must fish alone or with others in their bubble; please observe social distancing. Sanitizer must be carried and used.

We will post an update as soon as we get more information.

Our understanding at this time is that we can keep the Dell open for members and guests to fish but that we can’t hold competitions. Please abide by the Covid guidelines; fish with members of your bubble, use sanitizer and clean the toilet after you use it.

Following government guidelines and the new tier system to become effective from midnight Wednesday 2nd December London will be in tier 2 meaning match fishing can continue at the Dell.  Kent however is in tier 3 and therefore any matches in this tier will be moved to the Dell until further announcements.