Chalkstream Fishing

When talking chalkstream fly fishing, and someone mentions a migration, you automatically think salmon. A most impressive feat, these fish start their lives in freshwater, change their body to suit

Charles Jardine was born into a family of fly fishers and artists; his father being the late wildlife artist and respected salmon fisher: Alex Jardine. In 1976, after a near

The lesser known chalkstreams of Dorset offer a wonderful fly fishing experience, with the River Frome being the most notable. The Frome and its tributaries provide a rich habitat for

Trout in rivers spend all their lives facing upstream, everything about their shape, scales, gills, fins are perfectly adapted to do this, evolution has engineered this master piece! They can

Do you remember that last time you went fishing, and you saw that huge trout gorging on olives, and the trees, fences, wind, flow and everything else was against you!

One of our longest chalkstreams, the River Test is often heralded as ‘the King’ of the chalk rivers. Like the River Itchen, it is steeped in history as it runs

The best thing about chalkstream fly fishing is surely seeing that fish come up to your dry fly, the anticipation sets in as he freezes in the flow directly under

Hampshire Chronicle, July 28th 1988 – River Itchen Probably the largest trout ever caught in this country, if we except one or two in Alresford Pond, was caught in the

How many casts do you make on a days fishing on a chalkstream? In an ideal world, as many as the amount of fish you catch, that’s presented casts, not

Despite the early autumn and the damp and windy days the chalkstream rivers are continuing to produce some excellent dry fly fishing. Water levels are still low throughout the south

The River Anton is a wonderful chalkstream flowing into the River Test just above Stockbridge. It features a great variety of wide open shallows, fast weedy sections and deep holes. The river

The River Kennet is one of our favourite chalkstreams, it flows as main river and a complex series of carriers. Between Hungerford and Kintbury the river offers some wonderful trout