Hampshire Avon
Stonehenge Fishery
Stonehenge 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
Stonehenge Fishery at a glance
- Rods
- Up to 4
- Difficulty
- Adventurer (3/5)
- Length
- 0.37 miles
- Water type
- chalk stream
Fishing methods
Fly methods
Six hundred metres of wild, unstocked Avon with a car park right on the river, which is rarer than it sounds on this valley. Four members may fish it at a time. The bottom 200 metres is bank fishing; above that you can wade, and under normal conditions the water runs from knee to waist deep.
It is close to Durrington but does not feel it. The setting is rural and quiet, and it is one of very few club fisheries where a non-fishing guest is welcome, so it works for a day when someone is coming along to walk rather than cast.
There is a good head of trout and grayling. In 2014 over 600 fish were recorded from only 287 visits, which gives a fair idea of the stock density for a river with no stocking at all. Riverfly monitoring is carried out here and olives, mayflies and cased caddis are all abundant. The Durrington fishery is less than half a mile away.
Stocking and fish species
Rules and policies
Fishing rules for Stonehenge Fishery
Four members at a time. Members may bring one non-fishing guest, which is unusual on the club’s game water. Wading permitted above the bottom 200 metres.
Where Stonehenge Fishery is
The beat's boundary, with parking where we have it.
51.18884, -1.76887
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
Stonehenge Fishery FAQs
Practical questions anglers ask before fishing Stonehenge Fishery, from tickets to tactics.
