Kelvedon and District Angling Association

KDAA is a friendly angling club that provides some of the best uncrowded fishing in Essex.

Some of the Best Places to Fish in Essex

We have ten still waters that are open all year round and fishing on stretches of the river Blackwater

Club Information

The KDAA established in 1947 caters for pleasure, specimen and match fishing.  With waters within eight mile radius of Kelvedon, in mid – Essex located between Chelmsford and Colchester. Accessible from the A12.

KDAA is a friendly angling club that provides some of the best uncrowded fishing in Essex.

We have ten still waters that are open all year round and fishing on stetches of the river Blackwater

Night fishing is allowed on six of the still waters.

Adult subscription is £95 per annum with many concessions.

Please note that all our waters are member only waters and we do not issue day tickets. Members may purchase Guest tickets.

Please visit the Join KDAA page for information about the joining arrangements.

We are accepting new members for the 2024/25 season

Latest News Announcements

Shemmings Pond further work and stocking

Members will be aware of the swim building and two visits of a Digger Boat to clear the “Cabbage” lily from the pond. Since then, although reduced, the lily was still a nuisance, rending many swims unfishable. This lily is the one normally found in rivers and when...

Hunts Farm Reservoir swim rebuilding

As the photographs show, the swim rebuilding at our Tollesbury water is complete apart from the handrails that will be installed in the next few days. The days of slippery clay slopes are over. The path around the reservoir has also been addressed making it much...

Seabrook Reservoir water level

Members fishing Seabrooks Reservoir will be aware that the water level has been lowered following extraction to irrigate fields on the farm growing potatoes since July. This has occurred for the past six years. We monitored the water depth, temperature and oxygen...

Hunts Farm Reservoir closed 16 – 20 September

Please note Hunts Farm Reservoir will be closed the week 16th to the 20th September to allow a contactor to be onsite to build steps down the banks and rebuild the swims to make them safe for members. When the swims have been rebuilt we will attempt to reduce the lily...