River Wylye
Eastleigh Fishery
Eastleigh Fishery is a fishing beat on the River Wylye. Club members only. Members can sign a guest in, so an introduction is the usual way on.
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Fishing details
Eastleigh Fishery at a glance
- Rods
- Up to 6
- Difficulty
- Adventurer (3/5)
- Length
- –
- Water type
- chalk stream
Fishing methods
Fly methods
Two beats on the upper Wylye on the southern edge of Warminster, only a few miles below the source of the river. The Upper and Lower beats share the same private car park on effectively alternate days, and with just three rods to a beat you have the long banks largely to yourself. Entry is restricted, so the fishing is genuinely private.
The fishing is totally wild, and good catches of Brown Trout, Grayling are reported from both beats on dry fly and nymph. Both are true right bank. The club tends them but they keep a wild feel, with plenty of tree cover and structure in the river.
That structure cuts both ways. It holds fish and it catches flies, and there are stretches where you will spend a while working out an angle. There are still plenty of more open areas to look for fish in. No wading is permitted, though you can step into the margin to release a fish safely.
Stocking and fish species
Rules and policies
Fishing rules for Eastleigh Fishery
Two beats, Upper and Lower, sharing a private car park on effectively alternate days, with only 3 rods allowed per beat. Both are true right bank. No wading, though you may enter the margin to release a fish safely.
Where Eastleigh Fishery is
The beat's boundary, with parking where we have it.
51.19223, -2.18107
The river
River
A chalk stream tributary of the Hampshire Avon, River Wylye rises at White Sheet Bottom near the Deverills in Wiltshire and runs for 27 miles north through the Deverill villages towards Warminster, then south-east through Norton Bavant, Sutton Veny, Wylye and Great Wishford, before meeting the River Nadder at Wilton.…
Flies for this beat
Expected in October on the River Wylye
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 Wylye and the months it usually runs.
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FAQ
Eastleigh Fishery FAQs
Practical questions anglers ask before fishing Eastleigh Fishery, from tickets to tactics.
