Hayburn Wyke
used to be a favourite with the Victorians as a picnic spot
in the days of the Whitby to Scarborough railway line. Now
it is popular with anglers who are after prime Yorkshire coast
cod.
Above Hayburn Wyke sits the Hayburn Wyke Hotel. This serves
food, a decent range of beers and offers accommodation to
groups (no stag parties). It is also their parking area in
front of the hotel you use.
To get down to the beach, when facing the
hotel head left past the barn and you'll pick up the path
below.
Cross the stile in to the National Trust
wood.
Follow the path down through the wood until
you come to the waterfall. The steps down are just to the
right of it.
The walk only takes between 5 and 10 minutes
and is great on a
warm sunny day.
The 'beach' doesn't consist of any sand,
but it has plenty of large rocks and boulders. These make
moving around tricky when dry and very dangerous when wet.
In the picture above some of the rocks are covered in, what
I believe to be, dried white gull droppings. Don't walk on
them - they are incredibly slippery! The best way of fishing
Hayburn Wyke is to take as little tackle as possible.
Above is the high water mark. This shows
that on a spring tide at high water you don't have to cast
far at all to put your bait in to a reasonable depth of water.
This is however renowned as a low water venue.
The ground is very rough everywhere and the only sensible
tackle to use is a good rock fishing rod and a suitable reel
loaded with 30-35lb mainline. A suitable reel would be a 7000
sized Abu, Daiwa SLOSH 30 (SL30SH) or a Penn 535. The rig
should incorporate a rotten bottom.
Caution:
The
very rocky nature of the beach at Hayburn Wyke means that
it can be quite difficult to walk around on. Boots with plenty
of ankle support are a must. The rocks can also be very slippery
and any boots with metal studs are a distinct advantage.
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