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Fly
Fishing Devon Venues
Please contact us
for advice on a suitable location.
This page shows the distance between main towns and fishing locations
to help you plan your journey.
We recommend beginners take their first lesson on a small stillwater.
They stay open all year and offer the
opportunity to
use your
newly acquired skills to catch a trout:
- Bovey
Castle Hotel which is situated close to Chagford, more ...
- Drakelands
Trout Fishery at Hemerdon outside Plymouth, more ...
- Hatchlands
Fishery which is situated near South Brent, more ...
Local rivers provide superb wild brown trout fishing for more
experienced
anglers:
- Yealm near Lee Mill west of South Brent, more ...
- Devonshire Avon near Loddiswell, more ...
- Teign at Drewsteignton near Chagford, more ...
- East and
West Dart in the Dartmoor National Park, more ...
- Bovey on Bovey Castle Hotel estate close to Chagford,
more ...
South West Lakes Trust lakes offer fishing in
spectacular
settings and
they are suitable for beginners as well more experienced anglers:
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Approximate
distances to stillwater venues -
travel times in brackets
Town |
Bovey
Castle Hotel lakes |
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Drakelands
Trout Fishery |
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Hatchlands
Trout Fishery |
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| Chagford |
6 miles
(11 minutes) |
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27 miles
(46 minutes) |
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26 miles
(37 minutes) |
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| Exeter |
16 miles
(30 minutes) |
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39 miles
(48 minutes) |
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27 miles
(33 minutes) |
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| Plymouth |
28 miles
(51 minutes) |
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7 miles
(18 minutes) |
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19 miles
(26 minutes) |
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| Salcombe |
38 miles
(66 minutes) |
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22 miles
(40 minutes) |
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21 miles
(36 minutes) |
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| South
Brent |
20 miles
(35 minutes) |
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11 miles
(17 minutes) |
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2 miles
(5 minutes) |
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| Tavistock |
20 miles
(33 minutes) |
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15 miles
(30 minutes) |
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30 miles
(43 minutes) |
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| Torquay |
21 miles
(46 minutes) |
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33 miles
(54 minutes) |
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16 miles
(34 minutes) |
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Approximate
distances to river venues -
travel times in brackets
Town |
River Avon |
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River Bovey |
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River Dart |
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River Teign |
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River
Yealm |
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| Chagford |
35 miles
(48 mins) |
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6 miles
(11 mins) |
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8 miles
(16 mins) |
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4 miles
(10 mins) |
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35 miles
(46 mins) |
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| Exeter |
36 miles
(45 mins) |
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16 miles
(29 mins) |
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22 miles
(36 mins) |
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14 miles
(23 mins) |
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37 miles
(43 mins) |
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| Plymouth |
24 miles
(36 mins) |
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28 miles
(51 minutes) |
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21 miles
(40 mins) |
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45 miles
(63 mins) |
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10 miles
(18 mins) |
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| Salcombe |
10 miles
(20 mins) |
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38 miles
(66 minutes) |
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37 miles
(65 mins) |
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47 miles
(73 mins) |
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21 miles
(37 mins) |
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| South
Brent |
9 miles
(14 mins) |
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20 miles
(35 minutes) |
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19 miles
(34 mins) |
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28 miles
(42 mins) |
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9 miles
(12 mins) |
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| Tavistock |
35 miles
(52 mins) |
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20 miles
(33 minutes) |
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13 miles
(22 mins) |
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27 miles
(41 mins) |
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21 miles
(34 mins) |
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| Torquay |
24 miles
(46 mins) |
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21 miles
(46 minutes) |
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23 miles
(51 mins) |
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33 miles
(50 mins) |
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31 miles
(49 mins) |
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Approximate
distances to lake venues -
travel times in brackets
Town |
Avon Dam *
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Fernworthy
Lake
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Kennick
Lake
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| Chagford |
27 miles
(41 mins) |
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4 miles
(11 mins) |
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9 miles
(16 mins) |
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| Exeter |
29 miles
(38 mins) |
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24 miles
(38 mins) |
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12 miles
(24 mins) |
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| Plymouth |
18 miles
(29 mins) |
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29 miles
(58 mins) |
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39 miles
(51 mins) |
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| Salcombe |
20 miles
(39 mins) |
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41 miles
(74 mins) |
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40 miles
(62 mins) |
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| South
Brent |
4 miles
(10 mins) |
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23 miles
(43 mins) |
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23 miles
(30 mins) |
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| Tavistock |
29 miles
(45 mins) |
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21 miles
(39 mins) |
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25 miles
(43 mins) |
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| Torquay |
19 miles
(42 mins) |
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25 miles
(56 mins) |
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18 miles
(37 mins) |
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Note there is a a 2.5 mile walk along a surfaced path from the car park
at Shipley Bridge to the Avon Dam |
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