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Fishing is allowed!
The government have revised their decision and are now allowing fishing as a form of your daily exercise. The beats at Wylye Village,...

matthewgregory01
Jan 8, 20211 min read
Great Grayling and Casting lesson with Matt!
I have had a superb day with our Club Coach Matt. I learnt so many Nymph and casting techniques - very international, moving from France,...
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Jan 3, 20211 min read
Sewage in our rivers!
The Sewage (Inland Waters) Bill, sponsored by Phillip Dunne MP, is a private member's, not government policy, and requires the support of...

Bryan Gordon-Smith River Manager
Dec 10, 20201 min read
Winter Grayling Fishing? Be Careful!
For anyone Grayling fishing through the winter please be careful especially when accessing the beats. We had an unlucky member’s car get...

matthewgregory01
Dec 3, 20201 min read
Guardian Article --- Pet flea treatments poisoning rivers across England, scientists find.
Please visit the Guardian website to read more https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2020/nov/17/pet-flea-treatments-poisoning-rivers-a...
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Nov 21, 20201 min read


Wonderful Wylye
Beautiful 2 hour session on the Wylye at Wylye village today. River was slightly coloured but not too high. Caught a mixture of trout and...

matthewgregory01
Nov 13, 20201 min read


Don’t get angry with me!!
Caught this beautiful wild brownie today at Steeple Langford beat C. I know it’s not a Grayling but wanted to post it to show that our no...

matthewgregory01
Nov 3, 20201 min read


Whopping Wildie!
New member Chris Hawkins caught this beautiful wild brown trout from beat C at Steeple Langford in September. It took a grey Wulff. We...

matthewgregory01
Oct 19, 20201 min read


Winter Grayling
Just because the trout season has finished members can still fish for Grayling up till March14th 2021. All beats are open till Christmas,...

matthewgregory01
Oct 18, 20201 min read
The condition of our chalk streams - appeal to your MP!?
In the next few weeks an All Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) is being set up specifically for Chalk-streams and many organisations are...

Bryan Gordon-Smith River Manager
Sep 6, 20201 min read


The lock on Iron Bridge
The lock fastening the gate to the post at iron bridge has caused some members difficulty opening it recently so we have now replaced it...

Bryan Gordon-Smith River Manager
Jul 24, 20201 min read
Just stocked beats for the third time..
We stocked our waters yesterday for the third time on the following beats: top I, bottom H, F, G, D and E. Unfortunately the dye marking...

Bryan Gordon-Smith River Manager
Jul 17, 20201 min read


Farewell Martijn
Yesterday, the Club thanked Martijn for all his project work on our water. For new members, he arrived from the Netherlands in 2013 as...

Bryan Gordon-Smith River Manager
Jul 3, 20201 min read


Lost your net?
This net was left presumably by a member on the gate into the field at 14 hatches Quidhampton beat and found there yesterday. Let me know...

Bryan Gordon-Smith River Manager
Jul 3, 20201 min read


Alex fishing at 14 hatches on Thursday..
As the winner of a WTT auction this year, I was really looking forward to a day venturing into the unknown on two new rivers to me, the...

Bryan Gordon-Smith River Manager
Jun 28, 20201 min read



Bryan Gordon-Smith River Manager
Jun 28, 20200 min read



Bryan Gordon-Smith River Manager
Jun 28, 20200 min read


Riverfly Monitoring...Deborah collecting sample..
"Regular invertebrate monitoring is carried out monthly (April -October) at Steeple Langford and Quidhampton and the results reported on...

Bryan Gordon-Smith River Manager
Jun 28, 20201 min read
A Fly Casting Exercise
I cannot stress enough how important it is to be able to cast a fly accurately, efficiently and off both shoulders. Being able to do this...

matthewgregory01
Jun 28, 20202 min read
Lines, leaders and flies??
What weight fly line to use, with what size tippet (the nylon we attach our fly to), to what size fly can be very confusing especially...

matthewgregory01
Jun 27, 20201 min read
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