Hampshire Avon
Durrington Fishery
Durrington 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.
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Fishing details
Durrington Fishery at a glance
- Rods
- –
- Difficulty
- Explorer (2/5)
- Length
- 0.19 miles
- Water type
- chalk stream
Fishing methods
Fly methods
Three hundred metres of the upper Avon on the edge of Durrington, south of the River Park recreation ground. The paths are kept by a local residents group and most of the fishery has no trees or shrubs behind you, so casting is straightforward. It is worth watching for walkers before you start a back cast.
The wading section at the bottom of the beat grows a good bed of ranunculus every year and varies from mid-calf to waist deep. The fishery sits immediately below a private trout fishery that restocks regularly, and there is a good head of trout and grayling as a result.
One thing to plan around: during school holidays, after school, at weekends and in hot weather the area is well used by local children, who are allowed to fish by any means between the white markers. Outside those times it is generally very quiet and visited by the occasional dog walker. Early and late season are the pick of it.
Stocking and fish species
Rules and policies
Fishing rules for Durrington Fishery
Upstream dry fly and nymph. Local children are permitted to fish by any means between the white markers. Please be aware of walkers when casting.
Where Durrington Fishery is
The beat's boundary, with parking where we have it.
51.19717, -1.76507
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
Durrington Fishery FAQs
Practical questions anglers ask before fishing Durrington Fishery, from tickets to tactics.
