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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:
- 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:
- East and West Dart in the Dartmoor National Park, more ...
- Yealm near Lee Mill west of South Brent, more ...
- Sydenham beat on the Lyd outside Tavistock, more ...
- Devonshire Avon near Loddiswell, more
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- Teign at Drewsteignton near 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 |
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Drakelands
Trout Fishery |
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Hatchlands
Trout Fishery |
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| Chagford |
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27 miles
(46 minutes) |
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26 miles
(37 minutes) |
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| Exeter |
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39 miles
(48 minutes) |
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27 miles
(33 minutes) |
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| Plymouth |
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7 miles
(18 minutes) |
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19 miles
(26 minutes) |
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| Salcombe |
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22 miles
(40 minutes) |
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21 miles
(36 minutes) |
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| South
Brent |
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11 miles
(17 minutes) |
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2 miles
(5 minutes) |
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| Tavistock |
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15 miles
(30 minutes) |
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30 miles
(43 minutes) |
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| Torquay |
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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
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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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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