Built for a client · chalk-stream fishery
Hungerford Fishery
A members' app for a historic chalk stream, built around how the club actually runs.
For the Town and Manor of Hungerford fishery on the Kennet and the Dun: today's conditions, beats, flies, rules and catch returns for members, and the club's own back office for the committee. On the App Store since September 2026.
12
beats on the Kennet and the Dun
as of 11 November 2026
50
rods, plus commoners and guests
as of 11 November 2026
16
back-office pages for the committee
as of 11 November 2026
2026
on the App Store since September
iPhone
The brief
A private fishery runs on its committee's spare time. Members need today's conditions, the beat rules and the right flies; the committee needs one place to run the season.
What we built
The club's water, the club's rules, the club's words
Only flies that are legal here and actually hatch here.
The fly box passes two filters: the club's tackle rules, and what really hatches on a Kennet chalk stream. Before the second filter existed, an audit found about 22 suggestions that didn't belong.
The club writes a news post; the app closes the river.
The app reads the club's own news feed and sorts each notice into open, restricted or closed. That outranks the app's conditions, so members never see "go fishing" on a day the committee has said no.
Catch returns that count the blank days.
The fishery's rules ask for nil returns too, so logging a fishless day is as quick as logging a fish: river, beat, method, clarity and the hatches seen, in a few taps.
The right gauge for each beat.
Three beats are on the Dun, so they read a gauge about 600 m away instead of a Kennet reading 4 km off.
A back office, not just an app.
Members, guest applications, notices, the season, beat rules, a catch book, and printable posters with QR codes, all run by the committee.
Updates without waiting on review.
Content and fixes reach members the day they're made, without a new App Store release.
The app is intuitive, reliable, and exactly what our anglers needed. Checking conditions, catch reports, guest booking and keeping up with fishery news are all effortless now.
Read the full review
A game-changer for Hungerford Fishery
We couldn't be happier with the app Damian Rafferty built for us. From our very first conversation, he took the time to understand how the fishery actually runs, and it shows.
The app is intuitive, reliable, and exactly what our anglers needed. Checking conditions, catch reports, guest booking and keeping up with fishery news are all effortless now.
Damian was a pleasure to work with throughout: responsive, patient, and quick to turn feedback into improvements. He delivered on time, explained everything in plain English, and has been generous with support since launch. Our members love it, and it's saved us hours of admin.
If you're looking for a developer who combines real technical skill with genuine care for the finished product, we can't recommend Damian highly enough.
Steve Brunning
Trustee and Honorary Fishery Secretary, Town and Manor of Hungerford Fishery
How the build worked
Built on an engine that already reads rivers
Hungerford runs on Rise Daisy, so gauges, weather, hatches and fly patterns were there from day one. The work was making it the club's own.
- 1
A questionnaire, not a spec
The club's brand, beats, tackle rules, hatches and gauges, captured in one written questionnaire.
- 2
Their colours, their words
The club's own theme, handbook and River Keeper's notes, with its beats and rules built in.
- 3
Into members' hands
Members imported, the app approved for the App Store, and live on the App Store in September 2026.
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