River Wylye
Stapleford & Druid Fishery
Stapleford & Druid 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.
How to book
Fishing details
Stapleford & Druid 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
Two popular Wylye beats six miles west of Salisbury on the A36, reached by parking at The Pelican Inn and walking down past the River Till into the meadows. It is an attractive and undisturbed site, and the landlord welcomes members’ custom on the way back.
Druids is the true right bank, running up and downstream of an old hatch pool. The top end is lightly wooded with fast water and some very good grayling. Stapleford, on the left bank, includes a short length of the Till and runs downstream through the hatch pool before opening out onto a big pool on the corner. There is room for several rods and they are free to share the whole water rather than being tied to a beat.
Some good trout have been taken here and grayling are present throughout. The water is usually very clear so concealment matters. No wading is allowed, though you may step down the bank onto dry ground where it helps. It is currently a stocked fishery, though the club has said it hopes to join other clubs in eventually making the whole of the Wylye wild fish only.
Stocking and fish species
Rules and policies
Fishing rules for Stapleford & Druid Fishery
Upstream nymph and dry fly only, to the dates published in the year book. Grayling fishing extends into the winter months. No wading, though anglers may step down the bank onto dry areas to ease access. Several rods share the whole water.
Where Stapleford & Druid Fishery is
The beat's boundary, with parking where we have it.
51.13055, -1.90361
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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