SHARES in a famous fishery near a Herefordshire pub is now under offer after being put up for sale.

Fishing rights at the Carrots Fishery in Hampton Bishop, which is historically known for its salmon fishing, went on sale with Balfours last year and are now under offer.

The guide price was listed as £25,000.

The fishing consists of two 12ths of a syndicate that owns 50 per cent of the fishing rights. This interest is apportioned as two rods on Mondays with two rods on Sundays on a rota arrangement between syndicate members.

Located in the middle Wye, roughly one mile downstream of Hampton Bishop, Carrots Fishery is arguably some of the “river’s best fishing” offering salmon, trout and coarse fishing, wrote Balfours.

Is is accessed via the Bunch of Carrots pub which has car parking and the main route of access. A metaled drive-along also gives access to a further car parking area and fishing hut with both vehicular and pedestrian access to the rest of the fishery.

This section of the Wye is around 2.4 miles of both double and single bank fishing. There are some deep salmon pools with a mix of quick and slow-moving water for the range of target species.

The two beats, one upper and one lower, offer pools of good quality fly water. The fishery is owned by two moieties with the beats being shared on alternating weeks. The Upper Beat is approximately 1,670 metres of double bank and 91 metres of single bank fishing. The Lower Beat is around 1,403 metres of double bank and 739 metres of single bank fishing.

The fishing is 2/12ths of a syndicate that owns 50 per cent of the fishing rights. This interest is apportioned as two rods on Monday with two rods on Sundays on a rota arrangement between syndicate members according to Balfours.

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In 1988, the Carrots Fishery sold for a record sum in the region of £400,000.

The fishery was made famous by the diary of J Arthur Hatton, who caught almost 4,000 salmon there between 1908 and 1933. 

Before its sale in 1988, it had been in the same hands since 1947.