Chalk Stream Fly Fishing for Beginners

0.17 milesfly only1–2 rods+1

River Test

Chilbolton Fishing Beat

A 280-metre stretch of the main River Test adjacent to Chilbolton Common in Hampshire, this single-bank beat offers one or two rods a private day on one of England's most significant chalk streams.…

0.17 milesfly only+2

£250 today

0.33 milesfly only1–4 rods+1

River Test

Ginger Beer

Sitting on the middle River Test at Kimbridge, Hampshire — between the towns of Romsey and Stockbridge — Ginger Beer is a third of a mile of single-bank chalk stream fishing on one of England's most…

0.33 milesfly only+2

£135 today

0.33 milesFly fishing1–3 rods+1

River Itchen

Abbots Worthy

Sitting on the upper River Itchen just three miles north of Winchester, the Abbots Worthy beat offers around a third of a mile of single and double-bank chalk stream fly fishing on one of Hampshire's…

0.33 milesFly fishing+2

£165 today

0.82 milesfly only1–3 rods+1

River Itchen

Breach Farm

Breach Farm offers 1 mile of double-bank fly fishing on the River Itchen, in , on the open water meadow section that runs south of Winchester. The Itchen flows westerly through the former water…

0.82 milesfly only+2

0.75 milesfly only1 rod+1

River Frome

Gaston Bridge Beat

Three-quarters of a mile of single-rod chalk stream on the River Frome, the Gaston Bridge Beat sits within the Wrackleford Estate just north of Dorchester in Dorset. The Frome is the most westerly of…

0.75 milesfly only+2

£260 today

0.6 milesfly only1–2 rods+1

River Test

Mayfly beat

Beat 1 — the Mayfly Beat — sits at the top of Leckford Estate's river fishing on the middle Test in Hampshire, offering double-bank access on the main river and single-bank fishing on a carrier. The…

0.6 milesfly only+2

0.27 milesfly only12 rods+1

River Test

Old Station Beat

Old Station Beat is a restored 450-metre length of main River Test on Bossington Estate, situated immediately below the hallowed Houghton Club water near the village of Houghton in Hampshire.…

0.27 milesfly only+2

£308 today

0.44 milesFly fishing2–3 rods+1

River Test

School Farm

School Farm offers just under half a mile of single-bank fly fishing on a tributary of the River Test in Hampshire — the intimate, carrier-style water that characterises so much of the Test valley,…

0.44 milesFly fishing+2

0.53 milesfly only2–5 rods+1

River Test

Timsbury 5

Timsbury 5 sits on the middle and lower Test, between the towns of Romsey and Stockbridge in Hampshire. The beat covers just over half a mile of single-bank main river chalk stream, with a medium…

0.53 milesfly only+2

River Test

Wallop Brook

Two miles of double-bank chalk stream running from its confluence with the River Test up to the village of Broughton, the Wallop Brook is a Hampshire tributary of the middle Test managed by…

2 milesfly only+2

2 milesfly only12 rods+1

0.75 milesfly only2 rods+1

River Frome

Wrackleford Home Beat

Three-quarters of a mile of double-bank fly fishing on the River Frome, the Wrackleford Home Beat sits on the Wrackleford Estate just north of Dorchester in Dorset — the most westerly of the English…

0.75 milesfly only+2

River Test

Home Beat

Sitting on the middle Test, south of Houghton, the Home Beat is the flagship stretch of Bossington Estate's six-beat fishery on the River Test in Hampshire. The estate sits immediately below the…

River Test

Home Stream Beat

Home Stream Beat sits on the middle River Test at Bossington Estate in Hampshire, immediately below the Houghton Club water, offering a varied mix of main river and carrier fishing that suits a wide…

River Test

House Beat

Sitting at the confluence of the River Test and Wallop Brook, between the Home Beat and Bossington Mill, the House Beat occupies one of the more characterful positions on the middle Test in…

River Test

Old Stews Beat

Sitting on the middle Test, south of Houghton, the Old Stews Beat is part of Bossington Estate's fishery, which comprises six beats on the River Test. Restored in 2015, what had been an impounded,…

River Test

Rushams Beat

Rushams is one of the more secluded beats on the middle River Test, sitting within the Bossington Estate fishery near the village of Houghton, close to Stockbridge in Hampshire. The estate's fishing…

£75 today

1.6 milesFly fishing1–3 rods+1

River Allen

Wimborne St. Giles - Home Beats

Three beats — Bowerswaine, Upper Brockington and Lower Brockington — make up the Home Beats on the Shaftesbury Estate section of the River Allen, covering 1.6 miles of intimate Dorset chalk stream…

1.6 milesFly fishing+2

£102 today

51 milesfly only1–4 rods+1

Hampshire Avon

Avon Springs

Avon Springs sits beside the Hampshire Avon near Salisbury in Wiltshire, offering a mile of upper chalk stream river fishing on one of southern England's most characterful game rivers. The Hampshire…

51 milesfly only+2

£225 today

0.5 milesFly fishing1–6 rods+1

River Dever

Bullington Manor Beat 1

The River Dever is a Hampshire chalk stream and is also known locally as the Bullington Stream. Bullington Manor Beat 1 sits on the upper Dever near Upper Bullington, a village the river passes…

0.5 milesFly fishing+2

£156 today

0.86 milesfly only1–3 rods+1

Hampshire Avon

Coombe Mill

Just under a mile of single-bank dry fly and nymph water on the Hampshire Avon, Coombe Mill sits on the upper chalk stream reach of this historic Wiltshire river. The Avon rises near the…

0.86 milesfly only+2

0.43 milesFly fishing1–2 rods+1

River Allen

Deans Court

Running through the grounds of the Deans Court estate on the southern edge of Wimborne Minster, this roughly half-mile beat occupies the lowest reach of the River Allen in Dorset, where the Allen…

0.43 milesFly fishing+2

£125 today

2.17 milesfly only1–4 rods+1

River Test

Kimbridge Meadow Fishery

Kimbridge Meadow Fishery sits on a tranquil collection of carriers that snake around woodland and water meadows beside the River Test, between Romsey and Stockbridge in Hampshire — an area known as…

2.17 milesfly only+2

River Frome

The Bricks Beat

The Bricks Beat occupies the original course of the River Frome — a carrier reduced in flow by a mill diversion — running for half a mile of single-bank water on the Wrackleford Estate just north of…

0.5 milesfly only1 rod+1

£195 today

1 milesFly fishing1–6 rods+1

River Test

The Parsonage

Situated on the magnificent Middle River Test just downstream of Timsbury, The Parsonage Beat offers a wonderfully diverse and secluded chalk stream experience. This highly regarded fishery provides…

1 milesFly fishing+2

£100 today

Driffield Beck

Mulberry Whin

Mulberry Whin sits on the Driffield Beck at Skerne, where the river has been farmed by the same family since 1940, now passing down to a fourth generation, Andrew and Gemma Dixon. Fishing Breaks has…

1 milesfly only+2

1 milesfly only1–5 rods+1

0.67 milesfly only2 rods+1

River Frome

Stratton Beat

Just under two-thirds of a mile of double-bank dry fly and nymph water on the River Frome, the major chalk stream of southwest England, the Stratton Beat sits on the quiet water meadows south of…

0.67 milesfly only+2

0.5 milesfly fishing1 rod+1

River Frome

Muckleford Beat

Half a mile of double-bank fly fishing on the River Frome in Dorset, the Muckleford Beat offers a single rod a varied and manageable stretch of clear, slow-flowing chalk stream over gravelly bottoms…

0.5 milesfly fishing+2

0.33 milesfly only1–2 rods+1

River Test

Timsbury Beat 1

Timsbury Beat 1 sits on the River Test in the village of Timsbury, accessed via a private road through acres of chalk stream water meadows at the heart of the golden stretch of the Test below…

0.33 milesfly only+2

0.4 milesfly only1–2 rods+1

River Test

Timsbury Beat 2

Timsbury Beat 2 covers around 0.4 miles of the main River Test in Hampshire, situated in the village of Timsbury between Romsey and Stockbridge. It forms one of four individual beats on over three…

0.4 milesfly only+2

0.52 milesfly only1–2 rods+1

River Test

Timsbury Beat 3

Beat 3 is one of four private, fly-only beats at Timsbury Fishery, situated beside the River Test between Romsey and Stockbridge in Hampshire. Each beat consists of a stretch of the main river and a…

0.52 milesfly only+2

0.37 milesfly only1–2 rods+1

River Test

Timsbury Beat 4

Beat 4 sits within Timsbury Fishery on the River Test near the village of Timsbury, between Romsey and Stockbridge in Hampshire, accessed via a private road through chalk stream water meadows. This…

0.37 milesfly only+2

River Kennet

Avington Estate Beat

Four miles of chalk stream on the Avington Estate near Hungerford, Berkshire, covering the main River Kennet and an intricate network of carriers — the kind of labyrinthine system created by…

4 milesupstream dry fly+1

4 milesupstream dry flyBeginner

River Kennet

The Old Mill

The Old Mill sits on the River Kennet in Berkshire, one of England's lesser-celebrated chalk streams and all the more rewarding for it. The Kennet rises west of Avebury and travels eastwards through…

upstream dry flyBeginner

River Frome

7 Hatches

Seven Hatches is a half-mile, double-bank day-ticket beat on the River Frome at Wrackleford Estate, set just north of Dorchester in Dorset. The estate waters sit on the Frome just north of…

0.5 milesfly only1 rod+1

0.46 milesfly only1–2 rods+1

River Test

Leckford Beat 6

Beat 6 covers just under half a mile of double-bank chalk stream on the River Test within the Leckford Estate, a well-managed Hampshire fishery that holds sixteen beats across eleven miles of the…

0.46 milesfly only+2

0.43 milesfly only1–2 rods+1

River Test

Leckford Beat 7

Beat 7 on the Leckford Estate offers just under half a mile of double-bank fly fishing on the River Test in Hampshire, combining a small carrier stream with a full main-river section. The beat…

0.43 milesfly only+2

0.31 milesfly only3 rods+1

River Test

Longbridge Beat

Longbridge Beat sits on the lower River Test within the Broadlands Estates Fishery, just downstream of Romsey in Hampshire — one of five named beats on a stretch where 4.5 kilometres of the Test run…

0.31 milesfly only+2

Example photoExample photo · River Itchen£100 today

River Itchen

Lower Bishopstoke Fishery

Half a mile of double-bank chalk stream on the lower River Itchen, just south of Bishopstoke in Hampshire, the Lower Bishopstoke Fishery runs through open wildflower meadows with the right bank…

0.5 milesfly only2 rods+1

River Test

Leckford Beat 8

Beat 8 at Leckford Estate Fishing offers one of the more varied configurations on this stretch of the Hampshire Test — both banks of the main river plus the carrier known as the Old Test. The estate…

River Test

Leckford Beat 5

Half a mile of double-bank main river on the Hampshire Test, Beat 5 sits within the Leckford Estate. The focal point is a fishing hut positioned on an island with a deep, sweeping pool directly in…

0.5 milesfly only1–2 rods+1

Example photoExample photo · Hampshire Avon£345 today

Hampshire Avon

Wilsford Manor Estate Beat

The Wilsford Manor Estate beat offers approximately one mile of double-bank dry fly and nymph fishing on the Hampshire Avon, set in the Woodford Valley, upstream of Salisbury — the part of the river…

1 milesfly only+2

1 milesfly only2–4 rods+1

River Test

Leckford Beat 10

Beat 10 is home to the iconic Eel Pot Hut — one of the most photographed scenes on the River Test — sitting on the middle Test, north of Stockbridge, within the Leckford Estate. The beat covers both…

River Test

Leckford Beat 11

Beat 11 is carrier fishing through and through — a braided network of channels on the middle River Test at Leckford Estate in Hampshire, originally dug to supply water to the surrounding water…

River Test

Leckford Beat 12

Beat 12 offers double-bank main river fishing plus access to a carrier — the Kettle Ditch — on the middle River Test at Leckford Estate in Hampshire, running downstream from the road bridge past the…

River Test

Leckford Beat 13

Beat 13 fishes the Old Test — a double-bank carrier on the Leckford Estate in Hampshire — offering a long and secluded stretch of chalk stream sheltered from the prevailing south-westerly winds by…

River Test

Leckford Beat 14

Beat 14 offers main river fishing on both banks plus a carrier on the left-hand bank, running from the cattle bridge at the bottom of Beat 12 down to the boundary with the Houghton Club just behind…

River Test

Leckford Beat 4

Beat 4 occupies the left-hand bank of the main River Test on the Leckford Estate, situated on the middle Test north of Stockbridge in Hampshire. The Test travels through almost a thousand acres of…

River Test

Waterwheel Beat

The Waterwheel Beat sits on the middle River Test at Leckford Estate, north of Stockbridge in Hampshire — one of sixteen beats spread across eleven miles of the Test, with a mix of single and…

0.42 milesfly only1–2 rods+1

River Test

Beat Eleven - Wherwell Estate

Beat Eleven sits on the main channel of the River Test within the Wherwell Estate, just upstream from the village of Wherwell in Hampshire. At 0.42 miles of single-bank main river, it is one of the…

0.42 milesfly only+2

Example photoExample photo · River Meon£65 today

River Meon

Meon Meadows

Two hundred and eighty metres of single-bank fishing on the River Meon at Meonstoke, in the valley the river follows down from the South Downs towards the Solent. The Meon is the most easterly of the…

0.17 milesfly only+1

0.17 milesfly onlyExplorer

Example photoExample photo · River Itchen£167 today

River Itchen

Salmon Beat

One of three salmon beats on the Lower Itchen Fishery, this bank-only stretch of Hampshire chalk stream sits just one mile above the tidal limit, placing it squarely in the path of fresh-run fish…

Example photoExample photo · River Itchen£184 today

River Itchen

Trout Beat

Part of the Lower Itchen Fishery in Hampshire, the Trout Beat offers bank-only fly fishing on a moderately stocked stretch of the River Itchen, one of England's finest chalk streams. Founded in 1954,…

Example photoExample photo · Hampshire Avon

Hampshire Avon

Countess Fishery

A prime stretch of the upper Avon nine miles north of Salisbury, running for roughly 1200 yards on the bank opposite the Ratfyn fishery. It suits a right-handed caster, and the bottom of the beat is…

0.68 milesfly only+1

0.68 milesfly onlyExplorer

Example photoExample photo · Hampshire Avon

Hampshire Avon

Durrington Fishery

Three hundred metres of the upper Avon on the edge of Durrington, south of the River Park recreation ground. The paths are kept by a local residents group and most of the fishery has no trees or…

0.19 milesfly only+1

0.19 milesfly onlyExplorer

Example photoExample photo · Hampshire Avon

Hampshire Avon

Lower Woodford Fishery

Five beats on the true right bank of the Avon upstream of Little Durnford, marked A through to E, with a disc board in operation and one person per beat. The casting is unrestricted, which on the…

0.17 milesfly only2–6 rods+1

River Test

Houghton Lodge – Lower Beat

Around 300 yards of main river Test at Houghton Lodge, just upstream of the village of Houghton in the Test Valley, Hampshire. The lower beat runs for approximately 350 yards on the main river…

0.17 milesfly only+2

River Test

Houghton Lodge – Upper Beat

Houghton Lodge Estate's Upper Beat runs for half a mile along a main carrier of the River Test, just upstream of the village of Houghton in the Test Valley, Hampshire. Houghton sits roughly 1.8 miles…

0.5 milesfly only2–6 rods+1

0.4 milesfly onlyBeginner

River Test

Beat Five - Wherwell Estate

Beat Five covers approximately 0.4 miles of the River Test on the Wherwell Estate, situated on the upper River Test just upstream from the village of Wherwell in Hampshire. Beat Five is one of the…

0.4 milesfly only+1

0.4 milesfly onlyBeginner

River Test

Beat Four - Wherwell Estate

Situated on the upper River Test, just upstream from the village of Wherwell in Hampshire, Beat Four covers approximately 0.4 miles of carrier stream on the Wherwell Estate. Beat Four is one of…

0.4 milesfly only+1

0.36 milesfly onlyBeginner

River Test

Beat Nine Wherwell Estate

Running on the main River Test rather than one of the estate's smaller carriers, Beat Nine sits on the main river within the Wherwell Estate on the upper River Test, just upstream from the village of…

0.36 milesfly only+1

0.54 milesfly onlyBeginner

River Test

Beat Seven - Wherwell Estate

Beat Seven on the Wherwell Estate Fishing, near the village of Wherwell in Hampshire, is made up of two narrow parallel River Test carriers that converge at the lower end, giving a total bank length…

0.54 milesfly only+1

0.32 milesfly onlyBeginner

River Test

Beat Ten - Wherwell Estate

Beat Ten sits on the main River Test within the Wherwell Estate fishery, near the village of Wherwell in Hampshire's Test Valley. Beats 10 and 11 are on the main river channel, and at just over half…

0.32 milesfly only+1

0.34 milesfly onlyBeginner

River Test

Beat Three - Wherwell Estate

Beat Three sits on one of the smaller carrier streams of the Wherwell Estate Fishing on the upper River Test in Hampshire, covering approximately 0.34 miles (540 metres) of chalk stream water. The…

0.34 milesfly only+1

Example photoExample photo · River Dever

River Dever

Bransbury Mill Fishery

Sitting on the lower River Dever near the hamlet of Bransbury in Hampshire, Bransbury Mill Fishery offers around 1.5 miles of double-bank chalk stream fly fishing, with the beat running through…

1.5 milesfly only+2

1.5 milesfly only2 rods+1

River Piddle

Church Pool

Church Pool is one of the two smallest waters at , at a quarter of an acre, and a pool this size asks for the most careful approach of the lot. There's nowhere to hide an ordinary cast here: every…

River Piddle

Meadow Lake

Meadow Lake is the largest of the five waters at , at two and a half acres, and it fishes accordingly: there's room here to search with a longer line and to cover a rising fish at real distance,…

River Piddle

School Pool

School Pool is one of the mid-sized waters at , at half an acre: small enough to cover in an afternoon's steady fishing, but with enough room to work a fish carefully once you've found one. It sits…

River Piddle

The Bowl

The Bowl is one of the two smallest waters at , at a quarter of an acre, and it's a pool for close, deliberate stalking rather than searching blind. At this size you can see most of what's swimming…

River Piddle

The Oxbow

The Oxbow is one of the mid-sized pools at , at half an acre, matched in size by School Pool but worth fishing in its own right on any visit here. Half an acre still gives a fish somewhere to run…

River Lambourn

Bagnor Fishery

Bagnor Fishery sits on the River Lambourn near the village of Bagnor, just north of Newbury in west Berkshire. The fishery comprises just over 3,000 metres of double-bank fishing on a classic chalk…

Example photoExample photo · River Dove

River Dove

Scropton

Scropton is a shorter section of the River Dove, around three-quarters of a mile, held by Derby Railway Angling Club, and it is mainly double bank, worth noting on a river where most club water is…

0.75 milesfly only+1

0.75 milesfly onlyExplorer

Example photoExample photo · River Dove

River Dove

Tutbury

Tutbury is 1.25 miles of single bank fishing on the Derbyshire bank of the River Dove, held by Derby Railway Angling Club. A weir sits roughly in the middle of the section and splits its character in…

1.25 milesfly only+1

1.25 milesfly onlyExplorer

River Lambourn

Weston Farm Middle Beat

Weston Farm Middle Beat covers a little over a third of a mile of the River Lambourn in , running from the footbridge at the top of the lower beat up to Elton Lane. The downstream end has good…

0.35 miles

River Lambourn

Weston Farm Lower Beat

Weston Farm Lower Beat runs about a quarter of a mile of the River Lambourn in , from the footbridge marking the boundary with Welford Park up to the footbridge below the mill. It’s the most mixed of…

0.23 miles

Example photoExample photo · River Kennet

River Lambourn

Weston Farm Upper Beat

Weston Farm Upper Beat is a little under half a mile of the River Lambourn in , running from Elton Lane up to the fishery’s boundary near East Shefford. It’s the best of the three beats, and the one…

0.45 miles

Candover Brook

Candover Brook – Upper Candover Beat

The Candover Brook is a 9.6 km chalk stream in Hampshire and one of the upper Itchen's most intimate tributaries. The stream rises from springs just south of the village of Preston Candover, and the…

fly only1 rod+1

fly only1 rodBeginner

River Kennet

Craven Fishery Beat

The Craven Fishery sits on the River Kennet at Hampstead Marshall in Berkshire, offering around 1.2 miles of chalk stream fishing across a mix of main river and a historic milling channel. The…

1.2 milesupstream dry fly+1

1.2 milesupstream dry flyBeginner

River Alre

Drove Lane Beat

Drove Lane Beat sits at the most downstream stretch of the River Alre in Hampshire, at the confluence of the Alre and Cheriton Brook where they join to form the main River Itchen. The Alre is a…

upstream dry flyBeginner

Example photoExample photo · River Itchen

River Itchen

East Lodge Beat

Set just south of Twyford in Hampshire, East Lodge is a beat on the River Itchen with a fishing history stretching back to the 17th century. The estate water covers two miles of double-bank chalk…

2 milesFly fishing+2

2 milesFly fishing10 rods+1

0.6 milesfly only3 rods+1

River Test

Grove Beat

The Grove Beat occupies roughly 0.6 miles of the lower River Test on the Broadlands Estate in Hampshire, just downstream from the town of Romsey. It sits as the lowest of the three trout beats on the…

0.6 milesfly only+2

Example photoExample photo · River Nadder

River Nadder

Hurdcott Estate Beat

The Hurdcott Estate beat sits on the River Nadder as it flows through the water meadows at the heart of the estate, in the Nadder Valley of Wiltshire. The river is deeply incised, with a series of…

upstream dry fly4–8 rods+1

upstream dry fly4–8 rodsBeginner

0.43 milesfly only3 rods+1

River Test

Lee Park Beat

Lee Park Beat sits on the lower River Test, just downstream of Romsey, within the 4.5 kilometres of the river that flow through the Broadlands Estate. It is one of five named trout and salmon beats…

0.43 milesfly only+2

0.55 milesfly only3 rods+1

River Test

Moorcourt Beat

Moorcourt is the middle of three trout beats on the lower River Test, just downstream from Romsey on the Broadlands Estate in Hampshire. The estate accounts for 4.5 kilometres of the Test's…

0.55 milesfly only+2

River Test

Nursling Mill Trout Beat

Nursling Mill Trout Beat sits on the lower River Test in Hampshire, running double-bank on the main river from the Broadlands Estate boundary downstream past Nursling Mill. By this point the Test has…

upstream dry flyBeginner

0.55 milesfly only3 rods+1

River Test

Rookery & Lord Louis Beat

Sitting on the lower River Test just downstream of Romsey, the Rookery & Lord Louis Beat is part of the Broadlands Estate's 4.5 miles of private chalk stream in Hampshire. This is a wide, fast and…

0.55 milesfly only+2

0.53 milesfly only1–3 rods+1

River Test

Tanyard's Beat

Tanyard's Beat sits on the lower River Test, just downstream of Romsey in Hampshire, forming part of the Broadlands Estate's 4.5-kilometre stretch of chalk stream. At just over half a mile of main…

0.53 milesfly only+2

upstream dry fly3 rodsBeginner

River Test

Testwood Beat

Sitting on the lower reaches of the River Test in Hampshire, the Testwood Beat occupies the final section of the river before it enters the sea — a stretch of main-river chalk stream that fishes very…

upstream dry fly3 rods+1

Example photoExample photo · River Itchen

River Itchen

The Easton Beat

The Easton Beat sits on the main River Itchen in Hampshire, passing through the village of Easton on the upper river — a stretch that carries real significance for the fly fisher. Above Easton is…

fly only1 rod+1

fly only1 rodBeginner

upstream dry fly1–2 rods+1

River Test

The Greyhound Beat

A double-bank beat on the River Test in Hampshire, the Greyhound Beat offers up to two rods a day's upstream dry fly and nymph fishing on one of England's most celebrated chalk streams. The Test…

upstream dry fly1–2 rodsBeginner

Example photoExample photo · River Itchen

River Test

The Little River Beat

A chalk stream main river beat on the Hampshire Test, the Little River Beat offers up to two rods a day's fly-only fishing on one of England's most historically significant rivers. The Test is…

fly only2 rods+1

fly only2 rodsBeginner

River Itchen

The Shallows Beat

The Shallows Beat sits on the River Itchen in Hampshire, one of England's finest chalk streams, and offers up to two rods a compact, approachable stretch of clear, spring-fed water. The beat runs to…

upstream dry fly1–2 rods+1

upstream dry fly1–2 rodsBeginner

14 fisheries

7 beats

Day ticketsTuitionEquipment hire

River Test

Bossington Estate

Sitting on the middle River Test, south of Houghton near Stockbridge, Bossington Estate lies in a catchment well known as the birthplace of dry fly fishing — it was on the banks of the River Test…

Day ticketsTuition+1

£175 today

1 beat

Day ticketsEquipment hire

River Test

Chilbolton Fishery

A private, secluded 280-metre stretch of the main River Test, Chilbolton Fishery sits beside Chilbolton Cow Common in the Test Valley, Hampshire, at the point where the rivers Dever and Anton join…

£125 today

1 beat

Day ticketsEquipment hire

River Test

Kimbridge Meadow Fishery

Kimbridge Meadow Fishery sits on the middle River Test in Hampshire, between Romsey and Stockbridge, on a man-made fishery created in the early 1980s, when water from the main River Test was diverted…

4 beats

River Test

Timsbury Fishery

Located on the middle reaches of the world-famous River Test, perfectly situated between Romsey and Stockbridge, Timsbury Fishery offers a truly historic chalk stream fly fishing experience. Spanning…

Day ticketsTuition

Day ticketsAccommodation+2

6 beats

River Frome

Wrackleford Estate

The River Frome is the most westerly of England's chalk streams, and it rises in the chalk downs of west Dorset, maturing into a fine trout river by the time it reaches Wrackleford. The Wrackleford…

Day ticketsAccommodationTuition+1

Day ticketsAccommodation+2

12 beats

River Test

Leckford Estate Fishing

Sitting on the middle River Test, north of Stockbridge, Leckford Estate Fishing is managed as part of the John Lewis Partnership and offers one of the most accessible stretches of Hampshire chalk…

Day ticketsAccommodationTuition+1

Day ticketsAccommodation+1

5 beats

River Piddle

Wessex Fly Fishing Trout Lakes

Wessex Fly Fishing Trout Lakes sits in the lush water meadows beside the River Piddle: 5 small, clear stillwaters run for stocked rainbow trout rather than the wild fishing found on the river itself.…

Day ticketsAccommodationTuition

Example photoExample photo · River Itchen£167 today

7 beats

River Test

Wherwell Estate Fishing

Wherwell Estate Fishing sits on the upper River Test in Hampshire, within northwest Hampshire's rolling chalkland, owned and cared for by the same family for over 100 years. The fishery covers around…

Day tickets

2 beats

River Itchen

Lower Itchen Fishery

Sitting on the lower reaches of the River Itchen in Hampshire, Lower Itchen Fishery was founded in 1954 and covers approximately 5,300 yards, making it the longest continuous stretch of the River…

Day ticketsTuition+1

Day ticketsTuitionEquipment hire

Example photoExample photo · Hampshire Avon£345 today

1 beat

Hampshire Avon

Wilsford Manor Estate

The Wilsford Manor Estate Beat covers approximately one mile of double-bank fly fishing on the Hampshire Avon, set within a private Wiltshire estate near Amesbury. The Hampshire Avon is an…

Day ticketsAccommodation

2 beats

River Test

Houghton Lodge

Houghton Lodge is a historic fishing lodge set above the River Test near Stockbridge in Hampshire, offering day-ticket fly fishing on two beats. The Lower Beat covers approximately 350 yards of the…

Day tickets

Example photoExample photo · River Dove

3 beats

River Lambourn

Weston Farm Fishery

Weston Farm Fishery sits on the River Lambourn at the village of Weston, in the parish of Welford between Great Shefford and Welford in . The fishery is split into 3 beats, lower, middle and upper,…

2 beats

River Dove

Derby Railway Angling Club

Derby Railway Angling Club holds four sections of the River Dove, spread between Tutbury and Ellastone, and is one of very few clubs on this river still open to new members. On the Dove, most club…

Club water