County guide
Fly Fishing in Rutland
2 bookable beats 1 river 1 fishery
1 beat sells day tickets
You can book a day rod without joining a club or syndicate.
1 club or syndicate
Membership water in Rutland, some with day tickets alongside.
1 fishery to book with
Each one sells days on its own water.
About fly fishing in Rutland
We list two waters in Rutland, which is only part of the county’s fishing. Rutland Water is a large reservoir near Oakham, fished as one water from bank and boat, fly only, for stocked rainbow and brown trout. The other is members’ water on the Gwash.
Anglian Water Parks runs Rutland Water. Day permits are £40 for eight fish plus catch and release, £34 for four fish plus catch and release, or £28 for a zero kill sporting permit fished on barbless flies. Season permits run from £720 to £1,330. Anglian sells the same permits and prices across its reservoirs, including Pitsford and Grafham. Boats are £32 for a day, and permits come from the tackle shop at the Fishing Lodge at Normanton or online. All brown trout must be returned alive.
The Gwash is a different sort of fishing. Guash Fishing Club has about nine miles of this small limestone stream below the reservoir, with wild brown trout that can reach three pounds, and grayling. It is stalking water, fished from the bank with short rods, light lines and small flies. You fish as a member: membership is limited to 130, applications are taken each January, and joining is £240 with £200 a year.
It suits an angler happy with a reservoir day ticket, or one prepared to apply for club water.
Four ways into Rutland
Most people arrive here with one of these four questions. Pick the one that sounds like yours.
Where to fly fish in Rutland
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 Rutland
Every river we list in Rutland, busiest first.
Day ticket fly fishing in Rutland
Browse all 2 beatsDay tickets and permits on Rutland's rivers. Each listing includes pricing, species, and booking details.
Fish species in Rutland
What the beats above hold, and where else in England you can fish for the same species.
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 Rutland
Fishery operators taking bookings on Rutland's rivers. Each listing covers tickets, accommodation, and equipment hire where available.
Clubs and syndicates in Rutland
Membership bodies holding water in Rutland. Some sell day tickets alongside membership, others are members-only, and a few run a waiting list.
Fly fishing guides and booking agents in Rutland
Agents selling day tickets and guides running days on Rutland's beats.
Finding fly fishing near you in Rutland
The map above plots Rutland'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 Gwash rises near Near Knossington, Leicestershire. 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.
Fly fishing lessons and tuition in Rutland
FishingBeats doesn't list fly fishing schools or dedicated instructors: the agents and guides above are the ones selling day tickets and guided days on Rutland's beats. Some may be willing to teach alongside a day out even where it isn't sold as a separate product, so it's worth asking rather than assuming either way. That's a different thing from starting from scratch, though: a guided day generally assumes you can already cast, where a lesson teaches the cast itself, and most UK fly fishing lessons for that begin on a stillwater rather than a river. How tuition, guided days and courses fit together is covered on the agents page. Once you can put a fly out, easy beats rated for a first visit or beats where you can arrange a ghillie are a reasonable next step, and a few beginner-friendly beats to start on is worth reading before you book.
FAQ
Rutland fly fishing FAQs
The questions people ask before booking a day in Rutland, answered from what we actually list.
01Is all the fly fishing in Rutland private?
02Which Rutland river should I fish first?
03Do I need a rod licence to fish in Rutland?
Worth a read
Fly fishing in other counties
Nearest first, measured from where Rutland's fishing actually is rather than from the county town.
2 bookable beats
Across 1 river
