Steve Batten is a licenced Fly Fishing Coach. He aims to help you get the best out of your days fishing, be it on rivers, lakes or seas. He loves fishing in all areas but specialises in fishing for wild brown trout on small chalkstreams like the River Meon.
Phillip Ellis is a licenced Fly Fishing Coach as well as a member of the Game Anglers Instructors Association (GAIA). He fishes mainly on the Itchen, Meon, Hampshire Avon and sometimes on Sussex Lakes. He also instructs with the Hampshire branch of Salmon & Trout Conservation UK and occasionally on the River Test. Phillip is additionally an instructor with the Fly Dressers Guild.
Contact: elsteadbysea@btinternet.com
Famous Fishing offers one-to-one or group fly-fishing lessons and courses with qualified instructors on numerous Test and Itchen fishing beats.
Fly Odyssey offers casting lessons, tuitions days and guiding for beginners as well as more experienced fishermen on a number of River Test beats.
Orvis offers a range of fly-fishing courses and lessons on the Test and Itchen.