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By Thomas R. Dempsey, M.D. CCI.<\/em><\/p>\n

I recently had the opportunity to fish the Chalk Streams in the U.K.\u00a0 What an experience.\u00a0 If you want to talk about pomp and circumstance this is the place to go.\u00a0 Included is an itinerary of what we did which is pretty much self-explanatory.\u00a0 For the real purists, this is dry-fly fishing only, fishing upstream (not downstream) and using light tackle like 4 weight rods and 7x tippet.\u00a0 All the streams and rivers in the U.K. are private and you must have guides that have access to these areas or belong to a club that has access to these beats.\u00a0 Just about all the trout caught are wild with brilliant colors.\u00a0 We were lucky to fish all 3 of these iconic trout streams with perfect weather.\u00a0 The banks are manicured with a 6-foot path cut on a weekly basis, leaving about 6 feet of brush between the path and the river or stream.\u00a0 Most of these chalk streams are anywhere from 20 to 60 feet wide and crystal clear so that you can see the fish easily.\u00a0 You can fish these trout streams with a tuxedo for the area you are fishing is so manicured you don\u2019t have to get wet or muddy.\u00a0 All the guides are excellent and know their stuff from one end to the other.\u00a0 They have a tremendous amount of patience that goes along with their enormous knowledge of how to fish these streams. Just experiencing the beautiful beats and driving the landscape around the U.K. is worth the trip.\u00a0 Take a look at the itinerary below and the pictures enclosed.<\/p>\n

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By Thomas R. Dempsey, M.D. CCI. I recently had the opportunity to fish the Chalk Streams in the U.K.\u00a0 What an experience.\u00a0 If you want to talk about pomp and circumstance this is the place to go.\u00a0 Included is an itinerary of what we did which is pretty much self-explanatory.\u00a0 For the real purists, this […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1413","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-exotic"],"yoast_head":"\nChalk Streams in the U.K. - Gulf Coast Fly Fishing School<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/gulfcoastflyfishingschool.com\/wordpress\/2025\/07\/01\/chalk-streams-in-the-u-k\/\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Chalk Streams in the U.K. - Gulf Coast Fly Fishing School\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"By Thomas R. 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