UK; Chalkstream Fly Fishing Availability 2017
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
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.
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
Not so long ago grayling (Thymallus thymallus) were considered by most keepers in the chalkstream valleys to be vermin number two closely behind pike in the monoculture of trout that
The bright verdant colours of spring and early summer along the chalkstreams have rapidly faded to be replaced but the duller fawns of late summer and it is now the
Today marks the start of the second major chalkstream weed cutting period in the River Test catchment area; this includes the chalk streams Anton, Dever and Bourne Rivulett. The weed
With the chalkstream rivers flowing at great levels and holding a low temperature, the mayfly mayhem now someway behind us and the June weed cuts completed prospects for the rest
The slow patchy start to the chalkstream mayfly season has culminated in some very large hatches during this last week producing excellent sport to both hatching duns and spinners although
Persistent northerly winds and heavy showers through early May finally gave way to some glorious sunshine through the last week and over the long bank holiday weekend on the chalkstreams.
The trickle of mayflies over the last week have now turned into full blown hatches during the weekend, most mayfly starting in mid to late afternoon. Our beat of the
A mayfly double first for me last Saturday 7th May. I heard the first cuckoo of the season and saw a solitary mayfly. Yesterday evening I spent some time chatting
Stormy weather at the end of March and into the first week of April did not deter a few hardy chalkstream dry fly addicts from venturing out onto the rivers