Stillwater · Clay · South East / Kent

Spring Hill Trout Waters

Spring Hill Trout Waters venue image

Three clear spring-fed waters in Brenchley Wood near Matfield/Pembury, Kent: a main lake of rainbow and brown trout plus the Spring and Brown ponds reserved for brown trout, with strong evening hatches and dry-fly sport.

Fair · Rainbow
Buzzer · 12-14
Fairlive now
Reasonable summer fishing likely at Spring Hill Trout Waters
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Worth a session if the wind holds.
58% confidence
What moved it
  • WindNW 3 km/hCalm
Today's fly
Buzzer
Buzzer12-14
Washing-line, in the film
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Calm
NW 3 km/h
N
NW
from the north-west
WaveFlat calm
Water temp
Air temp21°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1024 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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How to fish it · for Rainbow
When
Conditions are not ideal but fishable at Spring Hill Trout Waters. Flat calm means fish may be spookier — longer leaders and subtler flies will help. Early morning is often the most productive window in summer — make the most of it.
Where
Start with Diawl Bach (12-14) — on the bob / top dropper — slow figure-of-eight retrieve. 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.
The plan
Plan A

Start with Diawl Bach (12-14) — on the bob / top dropper — slow figure-of-eight retrieve. 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.

Plan B

Fish early and late, try deeper during the heat of the day with a fast-sinking line.

Watch for

Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.

Bank

Bank fishing near inflows, dam walls, and weed beds. Move to find feeding fish.

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey

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Through the year
0–3 scale · July highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
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2
2
2
2
1
Daphnia SwarmHatch
2
3
3
3
2
Daddy Long LegsHatch
2
3
2
Lake OliveHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
Silverhorns & LonghornsHatch
1
2
2
2
1

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Rainbow fly box
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
59%
Cloud50%
Wind65%
Temp60%

A reasonable day here, though cloud isn't quite in the sweet spot.

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About this water

Three clear spring-fed waters in Brenchley Wood near Matfield/Pembury, Kent: a main lake of rainbow and brown trout plus the Spring and Brown ponds reserved for brown trout, with strong evening hatches and dry-fly sport. County hint of 'Worcestershire' appears to be an error — this is a Kent fishery.

  • Fishery
  • Clay
Why this score
  • summer conditions with overcast skies and calm wind.
Directions
Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 April30 September
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