Start with Floating Fry (8–10) on a Fish as a single fly. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses. If that does not produce, switch depth or speed before changing the pattern entirely.
Slow down everything. A booby on a fast-sinking line, left static, can pick up deep fish.
Keep an eye on changing conditions — wind shifts and cloud breaks can trigger short feeding spells.
Bank-only venue. Fish from accessible margins, points, weed edges, and inflows.
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A reasonable day here, though cloud isn't quite in the sweet spot.
Four small lakes with daily stocking and a catch rate that rewards even inexperienced fly fishers; the regulars who know the lies and the tippet weight to use will do better still. Fly-only, barbless, with a genuine insect spectrum throughout the season.
Built on the old watercress beds of the Duke of Norfolk's Arundel estate, Chalk Springs uses the same chalk aquifer that feeds the Arun and Adur — the water is constant, gin-clear, and cold enough that fish feed aggressively through warm spells that knock other stillwaters off.
Start with Floating Fry (8–10) on a Fish as a single fly. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses. If that does not produce, switch depth or speed before changing the pattern entirely.
Slow down everything. A booby on a fast-sinking line, left static, can pick up deep fish.
Keep an eye on changing conditions — wind shifts and cloud breaks can trigger short feeding spells.
Bank-only venue. Fish from accessible margins, points, weed edges, and inflows.
Hatch predictions
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
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A reasonable day here, though cloud isn't quite in the sweet spot.
Four small lakes with daily stocking and a catch rate that rewards even inexperienced fly fishers; the regulars who know the lies and the tippet weight to use will do better still. Fly-only, barbless, with a genuine insect spectrum throughout the season.
Chalk Springs is a stillwater fishery in South / West Sussex, England. Its recorded elevation is about 19 m above sea level and the catchment geology is chalk. Our data lists brown trout and rainbow trout here. The trout season is recorded as running from 1 January to 31 December. Best window recorded for anglers: Year-round. Core methods listed: Sight fishing; nymph; small dry fly. Nearby waters in our listings include Duncton Mill Trout Fishery at 12 km, Northbrook Fish Farm & Fishery at 15 km and Hazel Copse Trout Fishery at 27 km.
