Hampshire Avon
Queensberry Bridge Fishery
Queensberry Bridge 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
Queensberry Bridge Fishery at a glance
- Rods
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- Difficulty
- Adventurer (3/5)
- Length
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- Water type
- chalk stream
Fishing methods
Fly methods
A short walk from the middle of Amesbury, where the road bridge crosses the Avon. Stop on the bridge on the way in and you will usually see trout and grayling holding in the currents below, which is a good or a bad way to start depending on how the day goes. Below the bridge the meadow opens out into rapid sections of varying depth, shallows of popply water and deeper glides with fronds of weed waving in them.
Early season means hawthorn fly, which comes in fits and starts through late April and early May and needs a bit of wind to blow the insects onto the water. Then the mayfly, usually starting in the afternoons. Grayling can be fished for from 16 June on the dry and from 1 July on the nymph, and sedge and the odd late hawthorn keep the dry fly worth carrying through the summer as levels drop. There is winter nymphing for grayling too.
A light rod of eight to nine feet and a fine tippet suit the water. Small sedge patterns and nymphs in sizes 16 to 18 cover most of it, with mayfly, hawthorn and daddies in the box for their weeks. Casting is easy in places and awkward in others where branches hang over the better pools. Wading is permitted but take care of scoops, holes and clinging weed. The trout are wild and there are some better fish in there than the average suggests.
Stocking and fish species
Rules and policies
Fishing rules for Queensberry Bridge Fishery
Upstream dry fly and nymph. Grayling from 16 June on the dry and from 1 July on the nymph. Wading permitted, with care where the current is strong. Members may buy guest day tickets.
Where Queensberry Bridge Fishery is
The beat's boundary, with parking where we have it.
51.17064, -1.78543
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
Queensberry Bridge Fishery FAQs
Practical questions anglers ask before fishing Queensberry Bridge Fishery, from tickets to tactics.
