Meadow Lake at Narborough, fed by the chalk River Nar, and the East Tuddenham trout lakes

Fly Fishing in Norfolk

The River Nar. 2 bookable beats, with prices, seasons and who to book through in one place.

Four ways into Norfolk

Most people arrive here with one of these four questions. Pick the one that sounds like yours.

What a day costs Compare prices Month-by-month day-ticket rates across every river we hold pricing for. Stay and fish Fisheries and estates Operators taking bookings, some with rooms and equipment hire.

Where to fly fish in Norfolk

Every beat and fishery we list in the county, plotted against the boundary. Click a river to read what that stretch is like.

Fly fishing rivers in Norfolk

Every river we list in Norfolk, busiest first.

Norfolk

River Nar

1 beat

Day ticket fly fishing in Norfolk

2 beats in Norfolk

Day tickets and permits on Norfolk's rivers. Each listing includes pricing, species, and booking details.

Dog Friendly 2 Brown Trout 2 Stillwaters 2 Wild Only 1 Rainbow Trout 1

Fed by the River Nar

Meadow Lake

£28 per rod 1 rod

East Tuddenham Lakes

£30 for 3 fish

All 1 on the River Nar Every beat we list

Fish species in Norfolk

What the beats above hold, and where else in England you can fish for the same species.

Brown Trout

Rainbow Trout

Three different kinds of operator, and most visitors want the first. A fishery or estate owns the water and sells you a day on it. A club or syndicate holds water for its members, sometimes with day tickets alongside. A guide or agent sells days on water somebody else owns, and often comes with you.

Fisheries and estate waters in Norfolk

Fishery operators taking bookings on Norfolk's rivers. Each listing covers tickets, accommodation, and equipment hire where available.

Fed by the River Nar

Narborough Fisheries

£28 per rod 1 beat

Norfolk has very little fly water on FishingBeats, and most of it is stillwater. The River Nar is a spring-fed chalk stream about 15 miles long, running from near Tittleshall to the Great Ouse at King’s Lynn, with brown trout and a few sea trout, which are rare in East Anglia.

Narborough Fisheries is a 26-acre site in West Norfolk where Nar water runs through five lakes. Meadow Lake is the trout lake: fly only, barbless, bank fishing from platforms, brown trout. Unlimited catch and release is £28 for up to eight hours, and an evening ticket is £18. The other four lakes are coarse and carp water.

Norfolk and Suffolk Flyfishers’ Society runs East Tuddenham Lakes near Dereham, two spring-fed lakes of about six acres stocked mainly with rainbow trout. A day permit is £30 for non-members, for three fish on a single fly, with no catch and release. You can buy it at the lakes without booking, by cash or cheque.

It suits a day on a small trout lake.

Finding fly fishing near you in Norfolk

The map above plots Norfolk's beats and fisheries against the county boundary, so you can see roughly how far a stretch is rather than just its name on a list. Tap a marker for a quick read on price and species before you go further. If you're weighing this county against somewhere else, or want to see every day-ticket beat in the country at once, the full beat map covers all of them.

A day ticket is usually a half day or a full day on the water, so it's worth weighing the drive against how much fishing you'll actually get out of it. A longer trip makes more sense for a full day than for two or three hours in the afternoon.

For scale, the River Nar rises near Chalk springs near Tittleshall, Norfolk. Beats sit further downstream from there, not at the source itself. The map above is the more exact guide to which stretch is closest to you.

FAQ

Norfolk fly fishing FAQs

The questions people ask before booking a day in Norfolk, answered from what we actually list.

01Is all the fly fishing in Norfolk private?

No. Most of the water is privately owned, but a great deal of it is let by the day. We list 2 beats in Norfolk you can book a day rod on without being a member of anything. Beyond that there are syndicates and clubs, which take a season ticket or a membership rather than a day ticket, and some of those run waiting lists.

02Which Norfolk river should I fish first?

The River Nar has the most beats to choose from, which makes it the easiest to find a day on at short notice. Booking a ghillie for a first outing is worth the money on any of them.

03Do I need a rod licence to fish in Norfolk?

Yes. Anyone aged 13 or over fishing for trout, grayling, salmon or coarse fish in England needs an Environment Agency rod licence, and it is separate from whatever the beat charges you. Buy it online before you go. The beat ticket gives you the right to fish that water; the licence gives you the right to fish at all.