Events
The ‘Lady of the Stream’ Weekend. SOLD OUT
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| Monster river Test winter grayling |
SOLD OUT The “LADY OF THE STREAM” weekend at the excellent Peat Spade Inn, near Stockbridge, Hampshire.
Evening of Saturday February 25th and all day Sunday February 26th 2012.
A chance to really understand this graceful but mysterious game fish in relaxed surroundings with renowned grayling enthusiast and fly fishing writer Paul Procter and chalkstream guide and instructor Howard Taylor.
Sat 25th Feb, 6pm - Introductions (and a beer) at the Peat Spade Inn bar. 7pm - 'Grayling Fishers Dinner' 3 superb courses in the Mayfly Mess private dining room with Paul and Howard. After dinner presentation and slide show by Paul Procter on ‘Grayling through the Year,’ detailing their environment, feeding habits, flies and the various fly fishing techniques. Informal Q&A session.
Bed and breakfast at The Peat Spade Inn, Longstock and The Greyhound, Stockbridge. All transport arranged.
Sun 26th Feb, 9am - Coffee at Peat Spade Inn. A full day's grayling fishing on six exclusive beats of the River Test and Dever on a private Hampshire estate with, Howard Taylor and AAPGAI Master instructors, Paul Procter and Brett O'Connor. The day will include, a riverside 'winter warmer' lunch, one-to-one fishing with professional instructors Paul, Howard and Brett, as well as any specific questions you may have, we will cover the following:
• Setting up terminal tackle
• Effective casting and cast
• Entomology made easy
• From stream to vice – bank-side fly dressing to ‘match the hatch’.
• Dry fly vs. nymph
• Effective use of the shrimp & Killer Bug
• Judging depth & speed
• Pin-pointing the “take”Inducing a take
• Alternative methods; New Zealand style, Czech nymphing, droppers.
• Locating grayling and river craft
• Drag free presentation techniques
Book now, cost £295 + VAT (£354) per person, Dinner, B&B and fishing inclusive. Wine, bar and gratuities not included. Limited to 14 persons. Tackle and EA rod licences included if required.
NEW CHALK STREAM FLY FISHING WATER FOR 2012 - The Famous Testwood and Nursling fishing, Private upper river Itchen and Bossington on the Test.
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| Mr Steve Turner with a 43 inch Testwood spring salmon |
Upstreamdryfly has the exclusive letting for the famous Testwood and Nursling fishery on the river Test.
RIVER TEST FLY FISHING
Please contact us for details of salmon, sea trout and trout fishing on this famous private estate water just 1 hour from London!
See our Journal pages for more details too.
We are also thrilled to announce we have the letting on the famous Bossington water of the middle river Test for 2012.
If pristine wild trout fishing is for you, the upper river Itchen, river Alre and Candover Brook
are a must. Also available for 2012!
Please contact us for further details.
Cuba - saltwater fly fishing adventure - March 2012 SOLD OUT
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We will be returning to the beautiful island of Cayo Largo, Cuba in search of inshore saltwater species. March 2012
For details please contact us.
NEW WATER FOR 2012...Fly fishing beats on river Itchen and river Test
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| Guiding at Bossington on the river Test |
Bossington, exclusive fishing on the river Test
This beautifully managed and famous water immediately downstream of the fabled Houghton Club water is now in new ownership and we are very proud to be able to offer day rods, corporate days and a very limited amount of season rods here. Please contact Howard for details.
Bossington offers probably the most exclusive and varied chalkstream fishing available anywhere. Main river beats with the wonderful back drop of the manor house and lawns, bubbling carrier stream beats, hatch pools, runs, glides, deep holes, the wild Wallop Brook tributary and a private lake stocked with rainbow trout and arctic char! Please contact for the 2012 very competitive rates of this wonderful water.
Pristine river Itchen fly fishing water
We are very pleased to say we have secured a rare opportunity to let some pristine private estate WILD TROUT fly fishing beats on the upper river Itchen, the river Alre, the Elm Stream Itchen carrier and the Candover Brook for the 2012 season (5 beats in total). We have some availability on this wonderful wild trout water. Wading required.
For 2012, we are proud to offer the highest quality fly fishing on some 60 beats on over 20 named rivers, for trout, salmon, sea trout, and grayling....all within 90 minutes from London.
Please contact Howard for details. howard@upstreamdryfly.com
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Hampshire Chalk Streams
• River Test
• The Bourne Rivulet
• River Dever
• River Anton
• Wallop Brook
• River Dun
• Little River Test (salmon and sea trout)
• Testwood Pool (salmon and sea trout)
• River Meon
• River Itchen
• River Alre
• Candover Brook
• Cheriton Brook
• Elm Stream
Wiltshire Chalk Streams
• River Avon
• River Nadder
• River Wylye
Berkshire Chalk Streams
• River Kennet
• River Lambourn
Dorset Chalk Streams
• River Frome
• River Piddle
Our fly fishing beats on the River Meon and the River Dun
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| A wild brown from our river Meon fly fishing beat restored by Wild Trout Trust |
UPSTREAMDRYFLY announce two chalk stream fly fishing beats available for the 2012 season.
The river Meon
near Droxford (Midlington), Hampshire.
We are proud to offer a beat of nearly 2 miles of pristine double bank fly fishing on the River Meon. Very similar to the upper river Itchen with a good gradient but at a fraction of the price. Following extensive restoration works by the Wild Trout Trust this winter, the beat is in excellent condition and wild trout stocks are very healthy.
The river Dun
(a tributary of the river Test), known as The Blue Pool Beat. The beat is just over 1 km. Another secluded nature spot where the river flows through old woodland. At the top of the beat is the Blue Pool - a spring directly out of the chalk aquifer giving the water a blue appearance. Available Mon, Fri or Sunday only.
Please enquire for details and availability these and our other chalk stream fly fishing beats.