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 The River Cover is another
tributary of the River Ure, joining the main river main river at
Cover Bridge, between the villages of Middleham and East Witton.
The River Cover offers challenging fly fishing for wild brown trout and
grayling.
The River Cover starts it
journey at the head of Coverdale, on the slopes of Buckden Pike
and Great Whernside. Another limestone river, it has good hatches
of all the usual species of fly. I was fly fishing on the River Cover
early May a few years ago and there were so many upwinged flies being
blown downstream it looked as though it was raining!
 The River Cover runs very clear
most days making the fishing slightly challenging - a careful
approach is called for. The wild brown trout and grayling don't give
themselves up easily, but they do attain very good sizes for a small
stream. My first ever River Cover grayling was an 18 inch specimen
and I have had trout to a similar size - not bad for wild fish! River
Cover trout are a delight to look at and they generally rise freely to
dry flies. I have had good results fishing dry fly, upstream nymph and
duo style.
The River Cover is one of my
favourite Yorkshire Dales rivers. It is rare to encounter another angler
fishing there on the same day and I find it a great cure for the
stresses of every day life. Add to this a traditional Yorkshire Dales
pub where your day starts and ends - what more could you ask for?
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