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This week on the chalkstreams sees the final weed cut of the season on the River Test come to an end. The River Itchen cut finished last week and the

Although temperatures have dropped from the dizzy heights of last week we can probably expect some further highs over the coming weeks as we head into high summer on the

Chalkstream trout fly fishing does not finish with the end of the Mayfly hatches, indeed as the season progresses the fishing can get better and sometimes more challenging. The main

Andy Jones, visiting Hampshire from Australia, contacted us during the famous mayfly hatches of the southern English chalkstreams looking to fit a day out on the River Test. With luck

Some very cold and frosty nights at the beginning of the month to a blazing heatwave towards the end, the weather in May this year has been one of great

Mayfly Time If any of our upwinged flies could ever be described as pretty it surely must be the little Iron Blue that hatches in May and then again in

Springtime fly fishing on the Chalkstreams: It might be any number of things. The cacophony of birdsong at daybreak, the first Cowslip or primrose thrusting through the dead leaf debris,

The Chalkstreams of Berkshire and Hampshire offer easy access from London if you are looking to escape the city air for a day of trout fishing. Most offer a great

With the 2016 Christmas and New Year festivities now becoming a distant memory and the trout fly fishing season on the Southern chalkstreams just a few months away now is

Too far to travel? Why not have a day grayling fly fishing on the river either before or after the event,  and stay overnight in our recommended accommodation listed below.

The spectacular foliage colours of this autumn have been reflected on the sides of the magnificent grayling that have been captured over the last week. A monster cock fish of

Our chalkstream trout fly fishing season first started on April 1st on the Avon quickly followed by the river Anton on the 4th.  The stormy weather did not help those