River Itchen · Fulling Mill
Fulling Mill – Lower Beat
Fulling Mill – Lower Beat is a fishing beat on the River Itchen at Fulling Mill.
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Fishing details
Fulling Mill – Lower Beat at a glance
- Rods
- Up to 2
- Difficulty
- Adventurer (3/5)
- Length
- –
- Water type
- chalk stream
Fishing methods
Fly methods
Fulling Mill's Lower Beat lies on the River Itchen at Easton, downstream of the Upper Beat in the Itchen Valley north of Winchester, and comfortably takes two rods over the most varied stretch of the two beats. There's double-bank fishing for much of its length and an island to fish around, so a rod can work a run from either side or split the day between them without covering the same water twice. Banks are open enough to walk the beat and look for rising fish before committing to a pool.
Like the rest of the estate the beat holds only wild brown trout and grayling, and it's mostly fished with dry fly, with a nymph allowed after June once the fish drop close to the bottom. Mayfly weeks bring the most demand, though there's enough character across the beat, from open glides to tighter, more sheltered runs, to keep a rod busy on a quieter day too.
There's a comfortable hut on the beat for lunch, a welcome break given how much water there is to work through in a day. A 9ft 4wt, a 9ft 3wt, or an 8'6" 3wt will suit most of what you'll find here. Fishing is arranged through the agent Hookafly, with prices from £200 per rod.
Stocking and fish species
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Where Fulling Mill – Lower Beat is
Exact location is hidden at the owner's request. This beat is on the River Itchen at Fulling Mill.
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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Fulling Mill – Lower Beat FAQs
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