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 stretches 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 2025/26 season
Latest News Announcements
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...
Communicating with members – website, Facebook and email
The Association endeavours to keep members informed via a number of means. Website content: https://kdaa.co.uk/ News webpage – please check out the News webpage for the latest information on improvements to our waters, and other announcements. Catch reports - members...
Layer Marney Reservoirs track and carpark levelled
Contractors have been active recently at the Layer Marney Reservoirs complex, scraping the track surface and filling in deep holes from the farmhouse corner all the way to the bottom carpark. Additionally, the car park at Marney 3 has been levelled and enlarged. The...
Layer Marney track and car park work
The work to surface the bottom carpark and repair the track alongside Marney 2 will continue after the bank Holiday weekend. So please do not park in the bottom carpark on Wednesday next week. We need another load of plannings that will be delivered on Tuesday ready...