"... a fantastic search engine... this is set to become the biggest online venue directory" - Today's Flyfisher, March 2007





The Wild Trout Trust

FishingFans Top UK Fishing Websites

Welcome to FlyFishingVenues.co.uk

This website aims to be the most comprehensive and accurate guide to places where you can fly fish on lakes, rivers and streams in the UK. The database now contains 671 waters and you can see all the most recent additions here

Click here to visit Warwick Hall

Search for new places to fish

Whether you are fly fishing for trout, salmon, grayling or other species you can search for details on the best places to fish right here.

Write a review

Please share your experiences by adding a review of each place you fly fish. We now have 1895 reviews and you can read them all here.

Share a photo

If you have a good photo of a fly fishing location and would like to see it on this website, please contact me.

Click here for information about River Wylye in Wiltshire

Into a brown on the River Wylye

Watch fly fishing videos

In our video clips section you can watch some of the best fly fishing related clips to be found on the web. Topics include basics, techniques, flytying and underwater shots of fish in their natural habitat.

Buy flyfishing books, DVDs, tackle...

Our online shop offers a carefully selected range of flyfishing books, DVDs and other items. Our advertising sponsors offer the widest range of flyfishing gear. Please do visit them when you next need some flies or other tackle. They help to pay the costs of running this hobby website.

Help me to keep this website up-to-date

If you know of a flyfishing location (lake, river or stream) that I dont have, please let me know. Likewise if you have more up-to-date information about any venue please contact me. For a list of venues where I am in need of more information please look here.

Tell your friends about this website

This website gets up to 10,000 unique visitors making as many as 30,000 visits each month. If your flyfishing friends don't know about it please spread the word.

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Latest blog post


Dont wait for the mayfly hatch to try mayfly nymphs - Read my blog & add your comments here


New !!!

In partnership with Weather2 we now have a 7-day localised weather forecast for each fishery - try it!


New !!!

Bird's eye view of many of the venues, maps & driving directions - try it!


Other features

Multi-venue map. Quickly find all nearby fishing - try it

Watch fly fishing video clips here

Buy fly fishing books, DVDs etc here

Search venues by star rating - try it


Latest venue
South Elmham Lakes, Norfolk.

South Elmham Lakes offer peaceful quiet fly fishing for quality rainbow and brown trout. Set in grazing pasture with mature oak trees and views over open farmland. ... more

Latest review
Read what GP says about Yew Tree Trout Fishery in East Sussex... here

Latest video
'Pike eating a trout' - Underwater view of a pike trying to eat a trout.... Watch it

Lots more here

My thanks to...
Roger Burnside for providing new info about Cleveley Mere Fishing in Lancashire... here






Database status: Most of the still water venues in England and Wales are present, if not completely up-to-date.
More work is needed on rivers and on Scotland - all contributions gratefully accepted!


© 2006-2009 Chris Loveys - Energy assessor and fly fishing nut