Stillwater · Clay · South East / Surrey

Coltsford Mill Trout Fishery

Coltsford Mill Trout Fishery terrain map

A small ~4-acre two-lake estate fishery at Oxted (Mill Lane, RH8 9DG), fed by the River Eden, fly-only and stocked from its own stew ponds.

Fair · Rainbow
Buzzer · 12-14
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Reasonable summer fishing likely at Coltsford Mill Trout Fishery
Water temperature is the limiting factor today, not the wave. Fish dawn or dusk if you go at all, and handle everything with extra care.
52% confidence

Coltsford Mill Trout Fishery is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindNW 5 km/hCalm
Today's fly
Buzzer
Buzzer12-14
Washing-line, in the film
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Calm
NW 5 km/h
N
NW
from the north-west
WaveRipple
Water temp—
Air temp30°C
CloudBroken
Pressure1017 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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How to fish it · for Rainbow
When
Current conditions suit Coltsford Mill Trout Fishery well for summer tactics. The ripple should help fish move and feed more confidently. Very warm conditions — trout have a narrower safe zone of cool, oxygen-rich water. Fish only at first light or last light, use barbless hooks, keep fish in the water during release, and stop if fish struggle to recover.
Where
Start with Pheasant Tail Nymph (12-16) — on the point — slow figure-of-eight retrieve. Evening can produce explosive surface takes — try a foam beetle or booby on a long leader. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses.
The plan
Plan A

Start with Pheasant Tail Nymph (12-16) — on the point — slow figure-of-eight retrieve. Evening can produce explosive surface takes — try a foam beetle or booby on a long leader. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses.

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-only venue. Fish from accessible margins, points, weed edges, and inflows.

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

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Through the year
0–3 scale · August highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
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Daphnia SwarmHatch
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Daddy Long LegsHatch
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Lake OliveHatch
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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
77%
Cloud100%
Wind100%
Temp25%

A good match for Coltsford Mill Trout Fishery — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.

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About this water

A small ~4-acre two-lake estate fishery at Oxted (Mill Lane, RH8 9DG), fed by the River Eden, fly-only and stocked from its own stew ponds. Note: name hint 'near Hurst Green' fits the Oxted location; species include Sparctic (a brook/arctic char hybrid), mapped here to brook_trout as the nearest canonical slug. Blue and tiger trout are stocked here too, alongside the Sparctic. The tigers repay a slow deep retrieve rather than anything clever, which is a relief on a water this technical.

  • Fishery
  • Clay
Why this score
  • Wind conditions (ripple) closely match what this water fishes best in.
  • Cloud cover (cloud) suits the fishery well.
  • High temperatures may push fish deeper and reduce surface activity.
Directions
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 April → 30 September
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Stocked Trout Variantsblue, tiger & golden troutSmall Stillwater Playbookstillwater tacticsThermal Layers & Troutreading depth and temperature
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