Fly fishing for beginners doesn't have to mean a blank day on unfamiliar water. These beats are rated easy: wider banks, forgiving currents, room to get a cast wrong without losing the fly in a bush. If you're unsure where to start, pick one of these and think about booking a lesson or a ghillie for the first outing.

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Chalk Stream Fly Fishing for Beginners

Chilbolton Fishing Beat — River Test
Abbots Worthy — River Itchen
Gaston Bridge Beat — River Frome
Old Station Beat — River Test
School Farm — River Test
Timsbury 5 — River Test
Wallop Brook — River Test
Wrackleford Home Beat — River Frome
Wimborne St. Giles - Home Beats — River Allen
Avon Springs — Hampshire Avon
Breach Farm — River Itchen
Bullington Manor Beat 1 — River Dever
Coombe Mill — Hampshire Avon
Deans Court — River Allen
Ginger Beer — River Test
Home Beat — River Test
Home Stream Beat — River Test
House Beat — River Test
Kimbridge Meadow Fishery — River Test
Mayfly beat — River Test
Old Stews Beat — River Test
Rushams Beat — River Test
The Bricks Beat — River Frome
The Parsonage — River Test
Stratton Beat — River Frome
Muckleford Beat — River Frome
Timsbury Beat 1 — River Test
Timsbury Beat 2 — River Test
Timsbury Beat 3 — River Test
Timsbury Beat 4 — River Test
Avington Estate Beat — River Kennet
The Old Mill — River Kennet
7 Hatches — River Frome
Longbridge Beat — River Test
Lower Bishopstoke Fishery — River Itchen
Wilsford Manor Estate Beat — Hampshire Avon
Leckford Beat 10 — River Test
Leckford Beat 11 — River Test
Leckford Beat 12 — River Test
Leckford Beat 13 — River Test
Leckford Beat 14 — River Test
Beat Eleven - Wherwell Estate — River Test
Salmon Beat — River Itchen
Trout Beat — River Itchen
Houghton Lodge – Lower Beat — River Test
Houghton Lodge – Upper Beat — River Test
Beat Five - Wherwell Estate — River Test
Beat Four - Wherwell Estate — River Test
Beat Nine Wherwell Estate — River Test
Beat Seven - Wherwell Estate — River Test
Beat Ten - Wherwell Estate — River Test
Beat Three - Wherwell Estate — River Test
Meon Meadows — River Meon
Bransbury Mill Fishery — River Dever
Bagnor Fishery — River Lambourn
Candover Brook – Upper Candover Beat — Candover Brook
Craven Fishery Beat — River Kennet
Drove Lane Beat — River Alre
East Lodge Beat — River Itchen
Grove Beat — River Test
Hurdcott Estate Beat — River Nadder
Leckford Beat 4 — River Test
Leckford Beat 5 — River Test
Leckford Beat 6 — River Test
Leckford Beat 7 — River Test
Leckford Beat 8 — River Test
Lee Park Beat — River Test
Moorcourt Beat — River Test
Nursling Mill Trout Beat — River Test
Rookery & Lord Louis Beat — River Test
Tanyard's Beat — River Test
Testwood Beat — River Test
The Blue Pool Beat — River Dun
The Easton Beat — River Itchen
The Greyhound Beat — River Test
The Little River Beat — River Test
The Shallows Beat — River Itchen
Waterwheel Beat — River Test