County guide
Fly Fishing in Shropshire
7 bookable beats 5 rivers 2 fisheries
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2 beats sell day tickets
You can book a day rod without joining a club or syndicate.
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2 clubs and syndicates
Membership water in Shropshire, some with day tickets alongside.
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2 fisheries to book with
Each one sells days on its own water.
About fly fishing in Shropshire
Fly fishing in Shropshire is mostly small, wild rivers in the south and west, with a few stocked pools alongside. Of the seven waters we list, four are on rivers (the Teme, Onny, Clun and Worfe) and three are stillwaters. We list only part of the county, and each water has its own rules, tickets and season, so check the page for the one you plan to fish. An Environment Agency rod licence is needed.
Visitors have three ways in. On the Teme, the Fishing Passport sells 1.6 miles of double bank water at Bucknell, close to the Welsh border. It is wild brown trout, fly only and catch and release, with a wash-off policy and no dogs. The river is fairly open, runs over largely gravel and suits upstream dry fly and nymph. The Passport notes that the pools change after winter floods and that a dry summer can bring low flows. Check its page for the ticket price.
Further east, the Shropshire Hills Discovery Centre at Craven Arms has a stretch of the Onny from Kingfisher Corner down to the A49, with six marked pegs. It holds trout and grayling, with dace and chub, and both fly and coarse fishing are offered. A day ticket is £5 a person and under 13s are free. Tickets come from the Centre between 10.00 and 17.00 daily, are valid in daylight only and must be bought before you fish. All fish are returned.
Ellerdine Lakes, near Telford, is four spring-fed trout lakes on one ticket, stocked with rainbow, brown, blue and sparctic trout and char. Tickets are sold by the number of fish you take, from one to four, and you fish from the bank only. They are bought at the tackle shop on site. We have no prices, so call or email the fishery.
The rest is members’ water. Salopian Fly Fishers Association was formed in 1969 and holds two river stretches and six pools. We list four of its waters. The Clun at Clungunford is unstocked wild brown trout and grayling, and the club calls it remote. About two miles of the Worfe near Worfield has been through a restoration project and is known for its mayfly. Boldings Pools, near Bridgnorth, and Fiddler’s Rough Pools, opened in September 2025, are stocked with trout. All of it is fly only on barbless or de-barbed hooks. Members may bring a guest up to six times a year at £15 a visit. New members join as places become available, through the contact form on the club’s site, which gives no fee. Pheasant Tail Fly Fishers, a private club of about 25 rods founded in 1955, also fishes the Clun near Craven Arms. We list no beats for it, and it takes enquiries through its own contact page.
For a day as a visitor, start with the Onny if you want the cheapest ticket, the Teme at Bucknell for fly fishing on a river, and Ellerdine for stocked trout. The Clun and Worfe mean joining a club.
Four ways into Shropshire
Most people arrive here with one of these four questions. Pick the one that sounds like yours.
Where to fly fish in Shropshire
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 Shropshire
Every river we list in Shropshire, busiest first.
Day ticket fly fishing in Shropshire
Browse all 7 beatsDay tickets and permits on Shropshire's rivers. Each listing includes pricing, species, and booking details.
River Teme
River Teme at Bucknell
On enquiry 3 rods
River Onny
River Onny at Craven Arms
£5 per rod
River Clun
River Clun, Clungunford
On enquiry
Boldings Pools
On enquiry
Fiddler’s Rough Pools
On enquiry
River Worfe
River Worfe, Worfield
On enquiry
Ellerdine Lakes Trout Fishery
Ellerdine Lakes
On enquiry
Fish species in Shropshire
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 Shropshire
Fishery operators taking bookings on Shropshire's rivers. Each listing covers tickets, accommodation, and equipment hire where available.
Clubs and syndicates in Shropshire
Membership bodies holding water in Shropshire. Some sell day tickets alongside membership, others are members-only, and a few run a waiting list.
Fly fishing guides and booking agents in Shropshire
Agents selling day tickets and guides running days on Shropshire's beats.
Finding fly fishing near you in Shropshire
The map above plots Shropshire'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 Clun rises near Near the hamlet of Anchor, close to the Welsh border, and the River Onny rises near White Grit, in the Shropshire Hills. 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 Shropshire
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 Shropshire'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
Shropshire fly fishing FAQs
The questions people ask before booking a day in Shropshire, answered from what we actually list.
01Is all the fly fishing in Shropshire private?
02Which Shropshire river should I fish first?
03Do I need a rod licence to fish in Shropshire?
Worth a read
Fly fishing in other counties
Nearest first, measured from where Shropshire's fishing actually is rather than from the county town.
7 bookable beats
Across 5 rivers
