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Why fish the South West 

 

The South West boasts some of the most diverse fly fishing in England. Containing a multitude of different rivers with different characteristics. Dartmoor and Exmoor provide rivers with a real highland feel with exciting intermate fishing for Brown Trout, Sea Trout and Atlantic Salmon. Lowland rivers are slightly larger in nature but still small, provide fly fishing for Brown Trout, Sea Trout and Atlantic salmon from the begining of March until the end of Septemeber on the whole. The South West does have the latest closing dates for Atlantic Salmon meaning that one can fly fish for this amazing species almost 365 days of the year in the UK. Rivers like the Camel close on the 15th of December. 

 

 

 

About the rivers

 

The River Tamar forms the county boundary between Devon and Cornwall. The Arundell Arms Hotel controls 22 miles of the main river and it's tributaries.

It flows in a roughly southerly direction from the source near the North Cornish coast, and enters the sea in Plymouth Sound, a distance of about 50 miles. Just upstream from Launceston the river receives its first major tributary, the Ottery, and over the next 4 miles grows considerably with waters from the Carey, Kensey, and then near Lifton, the Lyd. The Lyd contributes a good flow of clear water from Dartmoor, and then a few miles further down the Inny also contributes clear water, this coming from Bodmin Moor in Cornwall.

Rivers like the Taw and the Torridge provide a real chance at a West Country Salmon and good runs of Sea Trout (Peal). The Brown Trout which are mainly free rising do get to a suprising size too!

The River Barle is a stunning river that flows off Exmoor and is a major tributary of the River Exe. It sees a good proportion of Exe salmon venturing up to spawn and is some of the most beautiful fishing to be found in Somerset. 

The River Teign is one of the most beautiful rivers in the United Kingdom. It is bookable here and has good runs of sea trout. Salmon are present too and the brown trout are free rising.

 

 

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