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Wilsford Manor Estate Beat

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A proper cracking upper Avon beat near Wilsford cum Lake, with roughly a mile of private estate water and some seriously chunky brown trout. It’s fly-only, day-ticket fishing, with a handy hut for when the Hampshire weather turns a bit cheeky.

Run by Wilsford Manor Estate · checked 16 Oct 2026

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The lowdown

  • This is a wide, varied stretch for the upper Avon, giving you plenty to get your teeth into rather than one uniform channel.
  • There’s around one mile of fishing in total: about 908 yards of double-bank water, plus roughly 270 yards of single-bank fishing.
  • Some pools are properly deep, thanks to the channel incorporating a former mill leat. Worth giving those deeper bits a good look.
  • The river is normally stocked, although that isn’t necessarily done every year. The brownies range from small wild fish right up to double-figure specimens.
  • The best reported brown trout from the beat has topped 17lb, so there’s genuine heavyweight potential here. Proper fish, not just dainty little snacks.
  • Mayfly is a big deal, with a prolific hatch often running from mid-May into July. That’s the obvious window for matching the hatch and keeping an eye on the surface.
  • Fishing is fly-fishing water, with the normal season running approximately from mid-April to the end of September. Published hours are about 9am to 7pm.
  • The estate has carried out bank-restoration work, and the beat generally takes two to four rods per day. That should keep things feeling spacious rather than shoulder-to-shoulder.
  • There’s a fishing hut with indoor and outdoor seating, shelter, heating, electricity, drinks and barbecue facilities. Toilets and changing facilities are in the adjoining hut, with parking on or near the fishery.

Methods: Fly fishing is the order of the day, with the mayfly hatch from mid-May into July the standout opportunity. Cover the varied channel and deeper former-mill-leat pools carefully, especially when the brownies are on the munch.

Access & tickets

Day rod

Day ticket for the Wilsford Manor Estate Beat; available on weekdays and Saturdays.

Approximately £345–£570 depending on date and arrangement (as listed 16 Oct 2026 — check before you go)

Day rods are available to book through Wilsford Manor Estate. Bookings are generally available for weekdays and Saturdays, with a minimum of two and maximum of four rods per day; fishing information and the booking contact are at wilsfordmanor.co.uk/fishing.

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Key rules

  • Fly-fishing water.
  • Fish over 15 inches must be returned.
  • Each rod may retain up to two fish measuring 12–15 inches.
  • Normal fishing period is approximately mid-April to the end of September.
  • Published fishing hours are approximately 9am to 7pm.
  • Bookings are available on weekdays and Saturdays.
  • The beat generally accommodates two to four rods per day.

Coarse fishing on English rivers is closed from 15 March to 15 June inclusive. That's the law for coarse fish on rivers — it's not a club rule, and game-fishing seasons work differently.

GOV.UK — Freshwater rod fishing rules: when and where you can fish

Where it is

Pins mark the access postcode each club gives, not the bank itself. Exact boundary map: see rights holder.

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