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Kanara is a proper chalkstream wading beat on the Itchen near Brambridge, south of Winchester. Fishing Breaks offers day tickets and season-rod bookings, with wild and stocked brown trout water, plus grayling in the autumn window.

Run by Fishing Breaks · checked 28 Oct 2026 · boundaries only partly described by the club

Fish the club names

  • Trout
  • Grayling
  • Salmon
  • Sea trout
  • Brown trout

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The lowdown

  • This is a true wading beat, with chest waders recommended for the full experience. A few sections can be fished from the bank if you fancy keeping the feet dry.
  • The water is clear chalkstream stuff, with a mix of deep, slow sections and quicker riffles. Lovely varied fly water rather than one long uniform glide.
  • Look for overhangs and undercuts, especially where the current pushes tight to the bank. There are also stone weirs, with deep downstream scours and unstable rocks — take proper care.
  • The upper section is shallower and has more gravel bed, while the beat finishes at the bridges at the top. Worth exploring rather than settling into the first likely-looking run.
  • There’s a large hatch pool on the beat, so it should be a key spot when the insects are coming off. Keep an eye on the surface and be ready for an evening rise.
  • Fishing Breaks says the fish are both wild and stocked. Brown trout are part of the fishery, while salmon and sea trout are often seen moving through.
  • Grayling fishing runs from October 1 to November 30. That gives the beat a cracking late-season angle once the main trout period has finished.
  • The water is available for one or two rods, making it handy for a solo day or a tidy session with a mate. Season options are run on a two-rod beat.
  • There’s a basic fishing hut, but it has no facilities, water, stove or WC. Brambridge Garden Centre is approximately 50 yards away, which is the nearest stated facility. Dogs aren’t allowed.

Methods: This is presented as fly-fishing water, with clear chalkstream runs, riffles, glides and a big hatch pool to work through. Read the water carefully, cover likely lies upstream and be ready to switch between surface work and subsurface presentation as conditions change.

Popular general approaches · plus anything the venue documents

How to fish this stretch

Starts with anything Fishing Breaks documents for this stretch, then common river approaches for the fish they name. General advice is labelled — it isn't proven here.

Game-fish seasons are set by the rights holder and EA byelaws — check them before you go.

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Documented by the rights holder · checked 28 Oct 2026

Methods the rights holder lists: This is presented as fly-fishing water, with clear chalkstream runs, riffles, glides and a big hatch pool to work through. Read the water carefully, cover likely lies upstream and be ready to switch between surface work and subsurface presentation as conditions change.

— Fishing Breaks — itchen, 2026-10-28

Target species

Rigs & methods

  • Typical approach, not confirmed at this stretch

    Fly fishing to the flow

    River trout hold where food is delivered by the current. Most trout waters are fly-only — check the rights holder's rules first.

    How to set it up
    • Upstream nymph or dry fly in the riffles and glides.
    • Approach from downstream and keep low.

    Typical kit: Rod: 8–9ft #4–5 · Tippet: light fluorocarbon or copolymer. Starting points only — match line and hook to the venue rules and the fish present.

Bait to consider

  • Flies only on most trout waters — check the lodge rules
  • Bait/worm ONLY where expressly permitted

Common starting baits, not a local "top bait". Bait bans override everything here.

When it suits

Depends on the water's season and stocking — ask the lodge what's open.

General seasonal pattern, not a forecast.

Check the rules

  • The season rod option is for a two-rod beat.
  • No permitted-method restriction is stated beyond the fly-fishing context.
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Access & tickets

Day ticket — April 3 to May 8

One rod

£231 per rod (as listed 28 Oct 2026 — check before you go)

Day ticket — May 9 to May 31

One rod

£316 per rod (as listed 28 Oct 2026 — check before you go)

Day ticket — June 1 to September 30

One rod

£198 per rod (as listed 28 Oct 2026 — check before you go)

Grayling day ticket — October 1 to November 30

Grayling fishing

£117 per rod (as listed 28 Oct 2026 — check before you go)

Season rod — one day per week

One named day every week; runs April 16 to September 30

£2,598 (as listed 28 Oct 2026 — check before you go)

Season rod — two days per month

One named day in April, then two named days per month from May through September

£1,895 (as listed 28 Oct 2026 — check before you go)

Bookings are made through Fishing Breaks. The listed August 1 to October 24 price is £270 per rod; the November 1 to January 31 grayling price is £75 per rod.

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Key rules

  • Grayling fishing is available from October 1 to November 30.
  • The beat is available for one or two rods.
  • The season rod option is for a two-rod beat.
  • No dogs are allowed.
  • Stone weirs have deep downstream scours and unstable rocks.
  • No catch-and-release rule is stated for Kanara.
  • No permitted-method restriction is stated beyond the fly-fishing context.
  • No Kanara-specific wading safety rule is published.

This is a game-fishing beat: trout, grayling, salmon and sea-trout seasons are set by the rights holder and local byelaws, so check the season dates in the rules above before you book. If coarse fish are allowed too, the coarse close season (15 March to 15 June) still applies to them.

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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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