The River Test is the most famous Trout fly fishing water in the UK - possibly in the world. It is a clear spring fed chalk stream situated only around 70 miles south west of London in the county of Hampshire. It provides challenging exciting fly fishing for most of the year. The best of the dry fly fishing is in the spring and the autumn - late-April to late-June and late-September to late-November. The ...

summer and the winter can bring excellent sport to nymph and shrimp patterns. Gammarus shrimp is the No1 food item followed by the nymphs of the many types of mayflies. Winter Grayling fishing is superb and often there are hatches, even in mid-winter. We catch many big Trout by accident while targeting the Grayling. The Brown Trout commonly top 20" and the Grayling reach 2lbs.