Hampshire Avon
Abbey Fishery
Abbey Fishery is a fishing beat on the Hampshire Avon. Club members only. Members can sign a guest in, so an introduction is the usual way on.
How to book
Fishing details
Abbey Fishery at a glance
- Rods
- –
- Difficulty
- Adventurer (3/5)
- Length
- 0.26 miles
- Water type
- chalk stream
Fishing methods
Fly methods
Around 450 yards of double bank Avon on the edge of Amesbury, upstream of Tumbling Bay and a short distance from Queensberry Bridge, sitting immediately above the West Amesbury water. The true right bank is the more open of the two and the easier to fly fish; the left is tighter.
It is a small fishery by the club’s standards and works well as a short evening visit, being close to the town and quick to walk. Parking is either just inside the Abbey grounds or at the recreation ground, and members are asked to sign both in and out and fill in the returns book kept at the Abbey parking spot.
Trout and grayling are both present and the water is the same quality as the rest of the Amesbury stretches. Guest day tickets for this water can be bought by members.
Stocking and fish species
Rules and policies
Fishing rules for Abbey Fishery
Upstream dry fly and nymph. Members must sign in and out and complete the returns book at the Abbey parking spot. Members may buy guest day tickets.
Where Abbey Fishery is
The beat's boundary, with parking where we have it.
51.17083, -1.78397
The river
River
Formed by two headwaters rising in the Vale of Pewsey, the Hampshire Avon merges near Upavon and flows south for 60 miles across Salisbury Plain, passing through Durrington, Amesbury and Salisbury before crossing into Hampshire and running through Fordingbridge and Ringwood to empty into Christchurch Harbour. The East…
Flies for this beat
Expected in October on the Hampshire Avon
Typical months from the river’s hatch calendar, which applies along its whole length rather than to this beat. Not a live report.
Caperer
Sedge · #10-12
Kite's Imperial
Dry fly · #14-16
Daddy Long Legs
Terrestrial · #10-12
Sawyer's Killer Bug
Nymph · #12-16
The year ahead
Full calendarEvery hatch on the Hampshire Avon and the months it usually runs.
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FAQ
Abbey Fishery FAQs
Practical questions anglers ask before fishing Abbey Fishery, from tickets to tactics.
