River Itchen · Avington Trout Fishery
Itchen Carrier
Itchen Carrier is a fishing beat on the River Itchen at Avington Trout Fishery. Day tickets from £70.
Pricing and season
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How Itchen Carrier compares on the River Itchen
Typical, lowest and highest full-day rod, from 9 beats with published day rates
Day tickets on the River Itchen run from £55 to £246. The typical full-day rate is around £150, peaking in April.
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Itchen Carrier at a glance
- Rods
- –
- Difficulty
- Expert (4/5)
- Length
- 0.5 miles
- Water type
- carrier
Fishing methods
Fly methods
Itchen Carrier is Avington Trout Fishery’s half-mile, double-bank stretch of chalk stream on the River Itchen at Avington, Hampshire, cut when the fishery’s lakes were dug out in the late 1960s and the main flow diverted alongside them. Unlike the three stocked lakes next door, this is wild water: wild brown trout and grayling, occasionally a coarse fish, and no stocking of any kind.
Fishing is strictly catch and release, dry fly or nymph only, a single fly fished upstream, maximum hook size 10 short shank, barbless hooks only, and no wading under any circumstances. Start at the bottom of the beat and work up so you’re not disturbing water you still have to fish. These are proper wild fish that spook easily, which is exactly what draws anglers who have never caught a wild brown trout or a grayling before. A day ticket is £70, bought on its own rather than bundled with the lakes.
Stocking and fish species
Rules and policies
Fishing rules for Itchen Carrier
Catch and release only, all species returned. Dry fly or nymph, single fly, fished upstream. No wading under any circumstances. Maximum hook size 10, short shank, barbless only. A current Environment Agency rod licence is required. All catches, including nil returns, must be logged at the office.
Amenities
Where Itchen Carrier is
Exact location is hidden at the owner's request. This beat is on the River Itchen at Avington Trout Fishery.
River onlyThe fishery and river
River
A Hampshire chalk stream rising from springs near New Cheriton, the River Itchen runs 28 miles through the Hampshire Downs, collecting the River Alre and Candover Brook just west of Alresford before turning west through the villages of Itchen Abbas, Itchen Stoke, Martyr Worthy and Easton, entering Winchester across…
Flies for this beat
Expected in October on the River Itchen
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 River Itchen and the months it usually runs.
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FAQ
Itchen Carrier FAQs
Practical questions anglers ask before fishing Itchen Carrier, from tickets to tactics.
