Mayfly Moments At Wherwell On The River Test

In this video Pete McLeod and Pete Buckey share an evening fishing the Mayfly hatch and spinner fall on the Wherwell Estate on the River Test. the hatch of myafly is prolific as the fish begin to rise up and down the beat providing countless targets, although not all of them want to play ball.
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[@yvindsolstad8719]

This was magical! Can`t wait to try this river...

[@AardvarkMcLeodFlyFishing]

Thanks for the comment, glad you enjoyed it! Mayfly is a special time on the Chalkstreams….

[@CalTheKiwi1]

@@AardvarkMcLeodFlyFishing typically which weeks in May/June do the hatches occur nowadays? Has climate change meant hatches are increasingly occurring earlier?
The river Test looks superb. Is farm run-off (nitrates) - or, indeed, rain run-off from roads - becoming a significant pollution issue?

[@oldwaltonian2476]

​@@CalTheKiwi1 In answer to your last two questions, I would say, firstly, that diffuse pollution from agriculture is now a big problem for most rivers in England but particularly the chalk streams, the majority of which flow through areas of intense arable farming. Phosphates from sewage effluent are also a problem. You may not be aware, however, that that in the last few years, cases of raw sewage discharges into many English rivers during times of high rainfall have reached record highs. With regard to 'run-off' from roads and specifically the Test, that was something that even John Waller-Hills was complaining about during the early 1920s, in his classic book 'A Summer On The Test'.