River Kennet
Hungerford Main Fishery
Hungerford Main Fishery is a fishing beat on the River Kennet. Syndicate members only. Members can sign a guest in, so an introduction is the usual way on.
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Fishing details
Hungerford Main Fishery at a glance
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Fishing methods
The Main Fishery is the Town and Manor of Hungerford’s stretch of the River Kennet, ten beats running from Chilton Foliat down to Avington. A sport fishery has been run here since the Wilton Fly Fishing Club started in 1876, and it is now one of the trust’s three fly fishing syndicates.
Membership is a full rod, seven days a week, and there is a waiting list for new members that the trust reviews every year. The trust does not sell day tickets. The season opens on 1 May, the mayfly runs from the last week of May to the second week of June, and grayling can be fished until 31 December.
The trust describes its approach as traditional fly fishing in a gentlemanly manner, rather than the modern catch as many fish as you can approach.
Stocking and fish species
Rules and policies
Where Hungerford Main Fishery is
Exact location is hidden at the owner's request. This beat is on the River Kennet.
Approximate locationThe river
River
Rising from Swallowhead Springs near Silbury Hill in Wiltshire, the River Kennet is a chalk stream of 45 miles, flowing east through Marlborough and into Berkshire at Hungerford, where the Kennet and Avon Canal joins its course, then on through Newbury, where the River Lambourn enters, and east to Reading, where it…
Flies for this beat
Expected in October on the River Kennet
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 Kennet and the months it usually runs.
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FAQ
Hungerford Main Fishery FAQs
Practical questions anglers ask before fishing Hungerford Main Fishery, from tickets to tactics.
