Hampshire Avon
Ringwood Fishery
Ringwood 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.
How to book
Fishing details
Ringwood Fishery at a glance
- Rods
- Up to 2
- Difficulty
- Adventurer (3/5)
- Length
- –
- Water type
- main river
Fishing methods
Fly methods
A middle Avon fishery between the Somerley Estate water and the Severals at Ringwood, and the most varied of the club’s river holdings. There are deep holes, fast shallow runs, bridge pools and side streams, and the fish move between them through the year depending on conditions.
Brown trout, grayling, salmon and sea trout are all present and the club lists it as game water. The places worth concentrating on are where the main river splits and where the side streams come in, which is true whichever species you are after.
It is a wandering fishery rather than a sit-down one. You never quite know what is in the next swim, and in winter the same spots give good sport to a trotted float for grayling, roach and dace alongside the barbel, chub and pike the stretch is better known for.
Stocking and fish species
Rules and policies
Fishing rules for Ringwood Fishery
Maximum 2 rods. Night fishing is not permitted adjacent to the Fish Inn. No spinners, spoons or devon minnows when lure fishing for coarse fish or pike, to avoid hooking out-of-season salmon and sea trout. No dogs on any river section.
Where Ringwood Fishery is
The beat's boundary, with parking where we have it.
50.84590, -1.79747
duos.flickers.brochureThe 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
Ringwood Fishery FAQs
Practical questions anglers ask before fishing Ringwood Fishery, from tickets to tactics.
