River Avon (Hampshire)

Type: Spring creek, England, United Kingdom
Season: Feb–Aug (salmon)
Where the season comes from
All other rivers in Wessex 1 September to 31 January
Set for the Environment Agency South West byelaw area (our mapping of this river to it). The page gives the close season; the months shown are the rest of the year.
Rod fishing byelaws: South West
Environment Agency (GOV.UK) · checked 2026-11-04. Dates change each season: confirm them there.
Live gauges: None listed
Listed by: 3 authoritative lists
Guides: None listed
Shops: None listed

Today on River Avon (Hampshire)

No live reading

No provider we read publishes a machine-readable feed on this water. We show no number rather than a guessed one.

The clear, wide River Avon at Fordingbridge, an old stone bridge and trees beyond — Photo credit
The River Avon at Fordingbridge, Hampshire. Photo: John M, CC BY-SA 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons

More about River Avon (Hampshire)

The River Avon (Hampshire) is a spring creek in England. The Environment Agency, Cefas and Natural Resources Wales list it as a principal salmon river. The Catchment Based Approach (CaBA) Chalk Stream Restoration Group lists it as a chalk stream. The Environment Agency and Defra call it “England's most iconic chalk stream”. This is the Hampshire Avon (Wiltshire and Hampshire), the Environment Agency's “Avon (Hants)”. Also called Salisbury Avon.

Where to fish

Nothing on this page grants or implies access: check the agency map, posted signs and landowner permission before you fish. Most waters here need a rod licence or permit and often a beat booking or club ticket; the listing pages under Regulations say which.

Nothing on this page grants or implies access.

Restrooms near River Avon (Hampshire)

Restrooms within 2 miles of River Avon (Hampshire) in a straight line, nearest first, with what anglers found when they went. The map says a restroom is there, not whether it is clean or open today.

No restroom mapped within 2 mi yet — add one you know.

Campgrounds, fishing access sites and boat ramps often have one that isn't on the map yet.

Restroom locations and map details: © OpenStreetMap contributors, Open Database License, read Oct 24, 2026. Ratings, answers and photos are members' own; who shared them is never shown, and every photo is reviewed before it appears. Visits older than 18 months no longer count. Distances are straight-line miles, not driving. Nothing here grants access to private land. Community guidelines.

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Regulations and official lists

Each line is an official list that names this water. Those pages are the authority on seasons, licences, limits and closures for each beat or reach; read them before you go.

Guides and shops near River Avon (Hampshire)

Listings are unclaimed: confirm licensing, rates, dates and hours directly.

Guides

No guide within 60 km yet.

All England guides

Shops nearby

No shop nearby yet.

All England shops

Species

The species the agency lists here; presence varies by reach and season.

Listed by the agency

Atlantic salmon
Sea trout

Fish these in the US

Matched on the fish the agencies list for both waters first, then the same water type, an official designation or flagship listing on both, and a similar mapped size where USGS hydrography covers both.

At most two waters per country. A shared fish is a listing, not a promise: presence varies by reach and season.

Like the River Avon (Hampshire)? Same fish, US waters.

Steelhead / salmon water
Photo credit
Anglers on the lower Salmon River near Port Ontario, New York, in October. Photo: Bill Blevins, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Salmon River
New York
Same fish: Atlantic salmon
Steelhead / salmon water
Photo credit
The Housatonic River at Kent, Connecticut. Photo: John Phelan, CC BY-SA 3.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Housatonic River
Connecticut
Same fish: Atlantic salmon
Catch and release
Photo credit
Wyman Lake on the Kennebec River near Moscow, Maine (the impoundment above the Solon tailwater). Photo: Paul VanDerWerf, CC BY 2.0, via Wikimedia Commons
Kennebec River
Maine
Same fish: Atlantic salmon
Catch and release
Photo credit
The Magalloway River below Aziscohos Dam, western Maine (June 1973). Photo: Charles Steinhacker / EPA DOCUMERICA, public domain, cropped, via Wikimedia Commons
Magalloway River
Maine
Same fish: Atlantic salmon
Steelhead / salmon waterRepresentative photo · not Saint Marys River
Photo credit
The Black River in Cheboygan County, Michigan. Photo: SweetCanadianMullet, CC BY-SA 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons Not Saint Marys River.
Saint Marys River
Michigan
Same fish: Atlantic salmon

Gear checklist

A steelhead and salmon fly-fishing checklist: a switch or spey rod (or 9′6″ single-hand) in 7–8 weight, Skagit lines and sink tips, swing flies, studded boots and cold-weather layers, with estimated prices and where to buy.

Steelhead & salmon

11′–13′6″ two-hand rod, 7–8 weight, Skagit head + sink tips · Steelhead and Pacific salmon

Open the checklist

Videos for this water (5)

Watch: reading a trout stream

Seams, shelves and soft water, shown on real rivers.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

How I Learned to Read Water (Fly Fishing)Embedded from YouTube · Mad River Outfitters · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
How To Read The Water with Tom RosenbauerEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
Reading the Water to Successfully Locate TroutEmbedded from YouTube · Orvis Guide to Fly Fishing · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

Not sponsored All videos on reading water

Watch: nymphing basics

Indicator rigs, depth and detecting the take.

Public YouTube videos from established channels, chosen by us to support this page. Not sponsored; the creators are not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear.

90° Nymph RigEmbedded from YouTube · Huge Fly Fisherman · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube
Casting with an Indicator & Better Nymphing TechniquesEmbedded from YouTube · The New Fly Fisher · not affiliated with Legendary Fly Gear. Watch on YouTube

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Sources for this page

Not a statement of access, fish presence or conditions.

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All 6 sources and dates

A water page organises discovery. It does not assert public access, legal access, current fish presence, guide availability or fishing conditions.

Live readings come from the named provider when the page is shown, under the licence shown on each card. Designations, species and the flagship note link to the agency or body that publishes them; this page copies only the list wording and the species names. Guide and shop listings come from the Legendary directories. No gazetteer we use holds a point for this water, so no distances are shown. Water type is our own classification.