UK Fly Fishing Fisheries
Discover fisheries across the UK: managed waters offering day tickets, syndicate places, and rod tenancies, from the Test and Itchen to rivers further afield. Each fishery below lists its beats, river, and contact details.
Fisheries
River Test
Mottisfont Abbey
from £270 per rod 3 beats
River Test
Bossington Estate
from £180 per rod 8 beats
River Test
Chilbolton Fishery
from £55 per rod 1 beat
Fed by the River Test
Kimbridge Meadow Fishery
£125 per rod 1 beat
River Nadder
Compton Chamberlayne
from £210 per rod 7 beats
River Wharfe
Bolton Abbey Estate Fishing
£80 per rod 6 beats
River Test
Timsbury Fishery
from £180 per rod 4 beats
River Frome
Wrackleford Estate
from £70 per rod 7 beats
River Test
Leckford Estate Fishing
from £40 per half day 16 beats
Ladybower Fisheries
from £22 per half day 1 beat
River Kennet
Barton Court Estate
£225 per rod 6 beats
Farmoor Fishery
from £25 per half day 1 beat
River Itchen
Avington Trout Fishery
from £70 per rod 4 beats
Blakewell Fishery
On enquiry 1 beat
River Frome
East Burton Estate
from £35 per rod 9 beats
Felix Farm Trout Fishery
£40 per rod 1 beat
Mill Farm Trout Lakes
from £20 for 1 fish 2 beats
Press Manor Fishing Lakes
from £21 per evening 1 beat
Rockbourne Trout Fishery
from £40 for 1 fish 1 beat
Tavistock Trout Fishery
from £35 for 2 fish 1 beat
River Dever
Dever Springs
On enquiry 2 beats
Hampshire Avon
Avon Springs
from £71 per rod 3 beats
Broad Oak Trout Lakes
from £35 for 2 fish 1 beat
River Dun
Holbury Lakes Trout Fishery
£120 per rod 5 beats
Kilnsey Park Fly Fishery
from £23 per half day 1 beat
Hampshire Avon
Manningford Trout Fishery
from £40 per half day 3 beats
Fed by the River Meon
Meon Springs Fly Fishery
£43 for 2 fish 1 beat
Moorhen Trout Fishery
from £30 for 1 fish 1 beat
Fed by the River Piddle
Wessex Fly Fishing Trout Lakes
from £30 for 1 fish + 3 C&R 5 beats
River Test
Wherwell Estate Fishing
from £218 per rod 8 beats
Yeaveley Estate
£40 for 3 fish + 5 C&R 1 beat
River Frome
Casterbridge Fisheries
from £45 per rod 3 beats
Draycote Water
£28 per rod 1 beat
Fed by the River Barle
Exe Valley Fly Fishing
from £30 for 2 fish 2 beats
Helwith Bridge Fly Fishery
from £15 per evening 1 beat
Witcombe Waters
from £20 for 2 fish 1 beat
Barn Elms Fly Fishery
£47 per rod 1 beat
River Allen
Damerham Fisheries
from £42 for 2 fish 1 beat
Low Osgoodby Grange Fly Fishing
from £15 per half day 1 beat
River Itchen
Lower Itchen Fishery
from £87 per rod 2 beats
North Yorkshire Water Park Fisheries
from £16 per half day 1 beat
River Tamar
The Arundell
£45 per rod 2 beats
Hampshire Avon
Wilsford Manor Estate
from £345 per rod 1 beat
Malham Tarn Fishery
£25 per rod 1 beat
Maran Lakes
from £15 per half day 1 beat
Bristol Water Fisheries
from £21 for 4 fish 3 beats
River Torridge
Half Moon Inn
from £15 per evening 1 beat
River Barle
Tarr Farm Inn
On enquiry 1 beat
River Coln
The Bull Hotel, Fairford
from £45 per half day 1 beat
River Piddle
Wessex Chalk Streams
from £60 per rod 5 beats
River Test
Houghton Lodge
On enquiry 2 beats
The Coniston Fishery
from £20 per half day 1 beat
River Itchen
The Grange Estate
On enquiry
Bransford Game Fisheries
£15 per rod 1 beat
Washburn Valley Fishery
£25 per rod 3 beats
Wimbleball Fly Fishery
from £25 for 1 fish, then C&R 1 beat
Leighton Fly Fishing
On enquiry 1 beat
River Frome
Moreton Estate
from £70 per rod 3 beats
River Exe
Exe Vale Fishery
On enquiry 1 beat
River Ure
Swinton Estate
On enquiry 2 beats
River Derwent (Derbyshire)
Chatsworth Estate Fishery
On enquiry 1 beat
River Itchen
Fulling Mill
On enquiry 2 beats
Wessex Water Fisheries
from £10 for 2 fish 3 beats
River Lambourn
Weston Farm Fishery
On enquiry 3 beats
River Test
Broadlands Estates Fishing
from £220 per rod 6 beats
River Itchen
East Lodge Fishing
On enquiry
River Test
Testcombe Beat
On enquiry 3 beats
Fishery, beat, or agent: which page you want
A fishery is the whole managed water: an estate, a club or a stretch run as one business. A beat is a specific, bookable section of that water, usually the unit you actually buy a day ticket for. An agent is who you go through to book, which might be the fishery itself or a separate person or company selling tickets on its behalf. This page lists fisheries. If you already know which stretch you want to fish, the beats list is the faster route in.
Day tickets, syndicates, and rod tenancies
Not every fishery sells its water the same way. Some offer day tickets to anyone who books, some let fishing to a syndicate for the season, and some do both, with day tickets filling the gaps a syndicate doesn't use. A syndicate rod usually costs more up front but gives you the same water repeatedly through the season, which suits anyone fishing the same stretch often enough to learn it. Each fishery listing says which of these it offers.
What a day ticket costs, and what's included
Day ticket prices vary more than newcomers usually expect. A spring day on a famous middle-Test beat can cost several times a winter grayling day on a smaller river, and most of that gap comes from reputation and stocking rather than water quality. The day ticket price comparison shows the actual range across every river we track. If price matters more than the name on the beat, start with day tickets under £200, and where to find affordable chalk stream fishing and what a £100 chalk stream day actually gets you cover what a lower price buys. What the ticket includes beyond the day's fishing varies by fishery too, some throw in a rod room or lunch, most don't, so ask if a listing doesn't say.
Stocked, wild, or somewhere between
Fisheries manage their fish differently, and it's worth knowing which kind you've booked before you arrive expecting one and finding the other. Some stock rainbow trout, which rarely breed in English rivers, so every rainbow you catch has come from a bucket, which suits anyone who wants a fair chance of fish over a technical day. Others leave their brown trout to natural recruitment entirely, wild fish that have grown up dodging herons and anglers, usually fewer of them and more cautious. Plenty of fisheries do both, across different beats or different points in the season. The wild-only beats filter is the fastest way to water with no stocking at all, and wild-only chalk stream beats for the purist has a longer list if that's specifically what you want. Each fishery listing on this page says which of its beats stock and which don't.
What you need before you book
Anyone fishing for trout, salmon, freshwater fish or eel with a rod and line in England needs a rod fishing licence, on top of whatever the fishery charges for the day. Children under 13 don't need one, and 13 to 16-year-olds get a junior licence free, which makes a first family trip cheaper than the day ticket price alone suggests. Fishing without a valid licence when asked to show one can carry a fine of up to £2,500, so it's worth sorting before you travel, not after. What else you need to bring depends entirely on the fishery: some hire out rods and waders, most don't, and a few expect you to already know the beat's fly and tackle rules. Each fishery's own listing is the place to check, or ask before you book. If you'd rather someone else handle the logistics, booking through an agent is the other route in.
First-timers, families, and dogs on the bank
Not every beat suits a first day out, and difficulty varies a lot with bank width, current speed, and how much room there is to get a cast wrong. If you're choosing a first stretch, beginner-friendly beats are rated for it, and beginner-friendly chalk stream beats to start with picks out six worth trying, one per river. Fishing with children costs less than the day ticket alone suggests too, since the rod licence is free under 16 (see above). Want your dog on the bank instead? Not every fishery allows it. The dog-friendly beats filter and dog-friendly fishing beats on the River Test cover which stretches do.
