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Home Stream Beat, Bossington Estate, River Test

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Home Stream is one of Bossington Estate’s six River Test beats, mixing main-river fly fishing with carrier-stream water. A proper chalk-stream setup, with deep pools, shallows, riffles and serpentine runs to pick apart.

Run by Bossington Estate · checked 15 Oct 2026 · boundaries only partly described by the club

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Measured — Environment Agency

Stockbridge Main gauge

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The lowdown

  • This is private, bookable fly fishing rather than a turn-up-and-have-a-wiggle sort of place. Book through the Bossington Estate Office.
  • Home Stream combines the main River Test with carrier-stream fishing, so there’s a bit of variety rather than one flat run of water.
  • The beat includes deep pools upriver and water above the sluice at the top of Old Stews Beat. Worth having a good look before choosing a swim.
  • The main carrier links Old Stews Beat with the bottom of Home Beat. That gives you another type of water to work through when conditions or levels change.
  • Bossington describes the estate water as having depths, shallows, racing riffles and serpentine stretches. Plenty of different-looking water to keep the day interesting.
  • The wider fishery is a chalk-stream fly venue, with clear water and the sort of neat, technical water where a tidy approach matters.
  • It’s pitched as suitable for different conditions and levels of angler, so it isn’t only aimed at seasoned Test regulars.
  • Fishing huts are provided on the estate beats, and Home Stream is included in the estate’s beat imagery.
  • Guided days, fly-fishing tuition and qualified ghillies are available for organised or corporate days. Equipment hire covers rods, reels, lines, flies, vests, nets, hats, boots and polarised sunglasses.
  • The 2026 river season runs from 13 April to 11 October. Day-rod passes are available, but the separate Home Stream price isn’t published, so enquire before committing.
  • We're not sure on ticket prices for this one — check with the club or local regulations before you leave.

Methods: This is a fly-fishing beat, with main-river and carrier water to tackle according to conditions. Guided days, tuition and equipment hire are available if you want to keep the faff down.

Access & tickets

Day-rod pass

Bookable for the Bossington Estate river beats through the Estate Office.

Day-rod passes are booked through the Bossington Estate Office. There is normally a minimum booking of two rods per beat; the published pricing sheet does not list a Home Beat exception for single rods.

Fish the club names

The club doesn't list species for this stretch, so we haven't guessed.

Key rules

  • The 2026 river season runs from 13 April to 11 October.
  • Fishing is by bookable day-rod pass through Bossington Estate.
  • The venue is a private fly-fishing fishery, not open-access water.
  • Rod licences can be provided for corporate fishing packages.

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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