Fishing near Durham, England

North Yorkshire, England, is where Durham sits. It works better as a base than as a bank. Taken from the centre outwards: Newsham Tarn lies 22 miles beyond, Grassholme Reservoir lies 24 miles beyond to the south-west, Selset Reservoir lies 26 miles beyond and Pinker's Pond lies 36 miles beyond to the south. Newsham Tarn sits low and warms quickly, so it comes on early in the year. A lid forms in certain years only. A hard week rarely lasts long enough to matter. Most of it sits behind a dam wall. Steeper banks give depth without a boat. Newsham Tarn, the closest, runs to roughly 16 acres. Newsham Tarn is the easiest to reach with a car. Open records for North Yorkshire list brown trout, Atlantic salmon, European grayling, European eel and barbel. The nearer bank gets the pressure; the far one gets the peace. Local anglers in Durham tend to rotate between these through the season....