HOLLOW ANGLING SOCIETY  

ABOUT THE SOCIETY

Updated February  2011

Hollow Angling Society is a small friendly fishing club formed in 1985 by a group of local anglers keen to promote the sport and in particular improve the Hollow pond situated at Whipps Cross in Walthamstow. The pond was leased from the Corporation of London and Epping Forest and two other waters namely Connaught Waters and Highams Park Lake were incorporated into the plan.

Once started the club then looked for more water and took on the lease of Hainault Lake in Hainault Country Park from Redbridge Borough Council and leased a small pond and a stretch of the river Roding at Passingford from the farmer.

The Hollow pond and the Passingford pond were stocked, the fishing improved and the club grew.

A coach was purchased and regular trips were made for friendly in club matches further a field. Since those early days many things have changed both in the personal status of members and dramatically in the way we fish. Gone is the coach in preference for own cars and tackle boxes with adjustable chairs now replace the ex-army back packs and picnic chairs that were our trade mark in those days.

Apart from those that have moved most of the original band are still members including our Chairman and Some committee members who were the main force in getting things going.

We joined a group of clubs in the Turnford Angling Consortium in Hertfordshire between Cheshunt and Broxbourne giving members access to a very expensive fishery that is considered by those in the know to be the best four lake complex in the Lea valley.

Early in 2004 we took on a lease on a small estate lake near Epping and this has proved popular with our members.

Also in that year we obtained a limited number of tickets for a section of the Lea Relief channel between Waltham Abbey and Waltham Cross.

The original Epping Forest lakes are no longer part of our portfolio as all lakes in the forest have reverted back to forest control.

In 2007 due to rising costs and lack of use by our members we decided to relinquish the lease on the river Roding from 2008.

From the season 2008/9 we no longer have Hainault lake as one of our waters.

At the beginning of 2010 Cemex had refused the increase to annual £20,000 asked by L.V.R.P.A. for the lease on Fishers Green complex ,so the waters were put out to tender.

We got together with a few other clubs all in the area and formed the Fishers Green consortium to bid for the lease.

We got the lease and now have The river Lea, the Langridge relief channel, Seventy acre lake, Hooks marsh, part of Langridge pit and the top of Cornmill stream in our portfolio

At the start of 2011 we have joined four other clubs in the Enfield Angling Council consortium giving fishing on Woodlands lake in Forty Hall  Enfield

This is a traditional estate lake of 30 swims, some 300yds long set in woods it is a very natural setting.

At the start of 2011 we also took Associate membership of Palmers Green Angling Society giving fishing on the only stretch of the New River where fishing is allowed from the weir at Ware down to the Broadmead pumping station.

This means we have a portfolio of ten still waters, and five rivers.

Nine are open 24 hours a day all year round, one is open daylight hours all year round. The rivers are open with the traditional closed season.

With all of our fisheries for members only and the membership level controlled annually by the committee that meets regularly at a venue in Chingford, there is always plenty of room on our fisheries for members.

There is a 'Facebook' page for members to communicate amongst themselves

Regular 'E Updates'  are sent out to members 'BANKSIDE-ON-LINE' keeping everyone up to date with events.

 Updates for general viewing appear on the 'News' page of the web site

Our members have free fishing on all our waters. Members are encouraged to offer advice and information on our fisheries as we are proud of our waters which we endeavour to keep looking good and fishing well. A team of seven bailiffs patrol our fisheries some of which are in locked areas  With our long standing fisheries and new ones we now have fishing for all tastes, and fish include:-  

ALL WATERS ARE FREE TO OUR MEMBERS

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