Fishing

“Head west for fly fishing as it was meant to be”

The Central South of England is the world centre of dry fly fishing. The Test, the Avon, the Wylye all have their devotees. The Nadder is a largely undiscovered pleasure that awaits the discerning fisher.

The river hereabouts is in perfect balance with nature, changing every season and free from the constraints of over-management and over-stocking. A season on the Nadder is for many fishers a rite of passage which leaves them for ever changed.

Fishing can be arranged via the hotel, with Famous Fishing in Teffont Evias or direct with the Compton Chamberlayne Estate. The perfect location of Howard’s House in the heart of this hidden valley makes for long, lazy summer days, unpressurised by traffic stress or everyday concerns.

In his famous book ‘Travels With a Two-Piece’, the author describes the Nadder as the high spot of each and every fishing year.

From early Mayfly through to late September days when the educated trout are equal to every manoeuvre, fishing the gin clear waters of the Nadder is something every passionate countryman should seek to enjoy at least once. For many, it has become an annual pilgrimage with the warm and welcoming comforts of Howard's House Hotel at its heart.