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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…

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River Itchen

Shawford Park

Shawford Park sits on the lower River Itchen in Hampshire, just south of Winchester, where the river heads south through a series of water meadows passing the village of Shawford. The beat covers…

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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…

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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…

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River Dove

Cotton's Fishing Temple

Cotton's Fishing Temple sits in Beresford Dale, near Hartington, on the River Dove in , and takes its name from the fishing house Charles Cotton built here in 1674. The doorway still carries the…

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River Itchen

Kanara

Kanara is a well-established beat on the River Itchen, situated below Winchester near Otterbourne, with around 640 yards of double-bank chalk stream running downstream from the bridge on Kiln Lane.…

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River Anton

Upper Clatford

A short stretch of the River Anton — a classic Hampshire chalk stream and one of the four main tributaries to the River Test — the Upper Clatford beat sits in the Anton valley, 3.5 miles upstream…

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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…

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River Lambourn

Donnington Grove

Donnington Grove offers just under two-thirds of a mile of single-bank chalk stream fishing on the River Lambourn, near the village of Donnington in Berkshire. The Lambourn is a classic chalk stream…

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River Kennet

Benham Park

At 3.5 miles, the Benham Estate is one of the most extensive private chalk stream fisheries in Berkshire, sitting on the River Kennet near Kintbury. The estate encompasses two fisheries — the Park…

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River Frome

Ilsington

Six miles of fly-only chalk stream on the River Frome, the Ilsington beat sits downstream of Dorchester in the heart of Dorset, on the river's course between West Stafford and Bovington — a section…

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River Dun

Dun Beat

Dun Beat is the Mottisfont Abbey estate water on the River Dun, a tributary of the River Test in , running about 0.45 mile. It is a smaller and more intimate stream than the Test beats, and it…

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River Test

Rectory Beat

Rectory Beat sits on the main channel of the River Test within the Mottisfont Abbey estate in , covering about 0.35 mile of chalk stream water downstream of the Oakley Beat. It is a beat for one rod,…

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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…

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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…

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Hampshire Avon

Stonehenge Fishery

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;…

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River Bourne

Laverstock Fishery

A three rod stretch of the Wiltshire Bourne running upstream on the true right bank from Laverstock Road to the A30 London Road, on the eastern edge of Salisbury. Park along the lane off Laverstock…

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River Nadder

Nadder Meadows, Wilton

A double bank fishery above Wilton on the Nadder, taking eight rods, four on each bank. The north bank is entered by the lane next to the cemetery on the A30 Shaftesbury Road out of Wilton. It is the…

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River Nadder

Barford St Martin Fishery

A three rod stretch of the Nadder running upstream on the true right bank from the bridge over the A30 at Barford St Martin, just west of Wilton. Park at the local pub and walk down. It is a premium…

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River Test

Lower Mill, Longparish

Lower Mill, Longparish sits within the grounds of a mill house in the village of Longparish, on the River Test in , at a point where the river flows south through Whitchurch and Longparish before the…

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River Frome

Maiden Newton Beat

Maiden Newton Beat covers 1 miles of chalk stream on the River Frome at Maiden Newton, a village that straddles the river in the heart of the Dorset chalklands. The beat offers a fine succession of…

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River Frome

Lower Moreton

Lower Moreton fishes the main river only on the Moreton Estate stretch of the River Frome, downstream of the beats that share the North Stream carrier. It's worth knowing that distinction before you…

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River Frome

Middle Moreton 1

Middle Moreton 1 pairs a length of the main river with Beat Three on the North Stream, the carrier that runs down the far side of the Moreton Estate's meadow, and it's worth understanding what that…

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River Frome

Middle Moreton 2

The Moreton Estate's meadow carries the River Frome down one side and the North Stream carrier down the other, and Middle Moreton 2 is built around that layout: a length of main river plus Beat Four…

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Hampshire Avon

Avon Beat

Avon Beat covers 3 miles of single-bank fly fishing on the Hampshire Avon, managed by Manningford Trout Fishery in Wiltshire. Below the confluence of the East and West Avon, the river runs through…

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Hampshire Avon

West Amesbury Fishery

Two miles of the Hampshire Avon below Amesbury, seven miles north of Salisbury and two from Stonehenge, with double bank fishing over much of its length and single bank on the rest. This is the…

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River Wylye

Wilton Fly Fishing Club Water

Just over seven miles of the River Wylye, held by a club of no more than forty five members, and wild from end to end. There are no stocked fish here at all. The club is clear about the trade it is…

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River Nadder

Bulbridge Fishery, Wilton

The Bulbridge water sits in Wilton on the Nadder, entered from South Street where the return book and disc board are kept. Cross the paddock and go in through the metal gates on the flood bank. The…

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River Frome

Dairy House Home Beat

Dairy House Home Beat sits on the middle reaches of the River Frome at West Stafford in , managed by a riverkeeper with more than twenty-five years of hands-on experience of this water. The beat runs…

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Hampshire Avon

Queensberry Bridge Fishery

A short walk from the middle of Amesbury, where the road bridge crosses the Avon. Stop on the bridge on the way in and you will usually see trout and grayling holding in the currents below, which is…

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River Frome

Beat Four

Beat Four on the East Burton Estate sits on the lower River Frome in , covering just under 0 mile of double-bank chalk stream on the main river channel. This is a genuinely wild beat that draws…

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River Frome

Beat One

Beat One on the East Burton Estate is the furthest beat upstream on the estate, running from the cattle bridge down to where the North Stream carrier joins the River Frome, in . It covers 0 mile of…

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River Frome

Beat Seven (Eel Stream)

Beat Seven, known as the Eel Stream, fishes a carrier of the River Frome rather than the main river, in , and don't let that put you off: it covers 0 mile of double-bank water, most comfortably…

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River Frome

Beat Two

Beat Two on the East Burton Estate sits on the River Frome, Dorset's 30-mile chalk stream and the major chalkstream of southwest England. This is roughly 0 mile of double-bank main river water,…

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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…

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River Piddle

Briantspuddle Beat

Briantspuddle Beat runs for about 1 mile of the River Piddle, two miles downstream of Tolpuddle, where the river gathers a little more size. It's a long, attractive beat and a favourite with the…

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Hampshire Avon

Durnford Fishery

Twenty two beats on the Little Durnford Estate, and the club’s finest asset. This is chalk stream fishing as it is usually pictured: mown paths, a waterside fringe left standing, a tally board where…

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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…

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River Piddle

Throop Beat

Throop Beat lies further down the River Piddle again, downstream of Briantspuddle, and covers about 1 mile of classic Piddle water: chalk-clear, gravel-bedded, running through the water meadows that…

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River Piddle

Tolpuddle Beat

Tolpuddle Beat is one of the smaller of the five Piddle beats on offer, running about two thirds of a mile through the water meadows below Puddletown, on the River Piddle in . It starts as two…

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River Piddle

Warren Lane Beat 1

Warren Lane Beat 1 is part of the Warren Lane Fishery on the River Piddle, where the river turns picturesque and properly peaceful, meandering through water meadows in a run of pools and gravelly…

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River Piddle

Warren Lane Beat 2

Warren Lane Beat 2 covers the neighbouring stretch of the same fishery, about two thirds of a mile of the River Piddle where the river meanders through open water meadows, in . Being twice the length…

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River Cerne

Charminster

Charminster is 's beat on the River Cerne, a chalk-stream tributary that joins the Frome at Dorchester in , one of five beats spread across the syndicate's Frome, Piddle and Cerne waters. The beat…

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River Dove

Ellastone

Ellastone is the smallest of Derby Railway Angling Club's four sections on the River Dove: 500 yards of single bank fishing on the Staffordshire bank, upstream of the road bridge between Ashbourne…

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River Dove

Wolfscote Dale

Wolfscote Dale is three miles of the River Dove held by Derbyshire County Angling Club, immediately below Beresford Dale in the limestone dales between Hartington and Alstonefield. This is upper Dove…

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River Dove

Eaton Dovedale

Eaton Dovedale runs 1.75 miles of single bank fishing on the River Dove, about a mile downstream of Rocester, and it is the best of Derby Railway Angling Club's four sections for fly fishing. Trout…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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River Test

Mottisfont Abbey

On the River Test in Hampshire, sheltered in the valley of the River Test, Mottisfont Abbey carries a place in fly fishing history that few beats can match. It was here that F.M. Halford, one of the…

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River Frome

East Burton Estate

East Burton Estate is a family-run sporting estate set on the River Frome, with fishing across two carriers of the river near Wool in . The river carries classic chalk stream features including…

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Hampshire Avon

Manningford Trout Fishery

The Hampshire Avon rises from two headwater streams in the Vale of Pewsey, with the chalk-fed East Avon giving the upper river its characteristic clarity and a rich invertebrate life that sustains…

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River Frome

Casterbridge Fisheries

Sitting on the middle reaches of the River Frome in the village of West Stafford, Casterbridge Fisheries is run by keeper John Aplin, who has managed this stretch of the Dorset chalk stream for over…

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River Piddle

Wessex Chalk Streams

Wessex Chalk Streams has been running fly fishing in Dorset for over 40 years, based at Lawrences Farm in Southover, Tolpuddle. It offers 5 beats on the River Piddle: Tolpuddle, Briantspuddle,…

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River Frome

Moreton Estate

Moreton Estate sits on the River Frome below Dorchester, and it's reckoned among the best of the Wessex fishing on this river. The estate itself owns the land and the water; Wessex Chalk Streams…

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River Frome

The Little Syndicate

The Little Syndicate is built mainly around the River Frome, though its beats spread across four rivers in . The syndicate is capped at 25 rods for the season, and the water is intimate rather than…

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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…

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River Dove

Derbyshire County Angling Club

Derbyshire County Angling Club holds three miles of the River Dove at Wolfscote Dale, plus six miles of its tributary the River Manifold, both managed as wild fisheries rather than stocked,…

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