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Instruction Packages

We welcome enquiries from beginners and improvers as well as experienced anglers.

Please contact us to book any of the following:

"Beginner and Improver Session" for people who have little or no prior experience of fly fishing. One instructor is provided for each group. Maximum group size is three people,
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One or two day residential "Fly Fishing School" covers basic as well as advanced casting and presentation skills,
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"From Stillwaters to Westcountry Streams" is an introduction to fishing for wild brown trout on Dartmoor streams, delivered on a one-to-one basis with one instructor per angler,
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Beginner and Improver Session

Suitable for families or groups of friends. Maximum group size is three people. Children must be accompanied by a parent or responsible adult.

Casting - roll and overhead casts
Casting safety
Essential knots
Tackle selection
Insect life (entomology)
Fly selection
Where to find fish
How to play, land and safely release fish
Duration: 3 hours
Please bring (sun)glasses and a hat for eye protection

One or two day residential Fly Fishing School in association with Bovey Castle Hotel

This comprehensive course covers fly fishing for trout on rivers and stillwaters.

It is suitable for beginners and experienced anglers who wish
to brush-up their skills, or progress to wild brown trout fishing from
a stillwater background.

Video technology is available to identify and rectify casting problems.

Day 1: morning (available all year round)	fishing safely roll and overhead casts simple change of cast direction dealing with winds shooting line retrieving the fly

Day 1: afternoon (available all year round)	tackle selection essential knots stillwater insect life and fly selection false casting hooking, playing and releasing fish single and double-hauling reach, curve and slack-line casts

Day 2: morning (available from March 15th to September 30th)	river craft - the importance of stealth river entomology and matching the hatch fish vision and rise forms types of wet and dry flies fishing the wet fly single-handed Spey casting fishing the dry fly

Day 2: afternoon (available from March 15th to September 30th)	detecting the take the New Zealand dropper technique the Belgian or elliptical cast fishing the nymph drag-free drift: mending the line high sticking 'dead drift', 'induced take' and the ‘Leisenring lift’ 'flymphs' / wingless wet flies and emergers

Optional evening activity #1	Sea trout fishing life history and feeding habits tackle selection judging distance and casting in the dark wet fly techniques dry fly at night playing and landing sea trout

Optional evening activity #2	#2 Fly tying Partridge and Orange Black and Peacock Spider Cruncher Sparkle Dun Elk Hair Sedge Shipman's Buzzer

From Stillwaters to Westcountry Streams

River Bovey

This course will introduce you to fishing for wild brown trout on small Dartmoor streams. It's not easy, but this is the type of fishing that we - as instructors - enjoy because it requires an amalgamation of field craft, precision and experience.

This course is based at Bovey Castle Hotel near Moretonhampstead. Many of you will know the hotel's lakes where we introduce beginners to fly fishing. Less well known is the River Bovey which runs through the hotel's grounds and provides a convenient - if challenging - introduction to the skills required to outwit Dartmoor's wild brown trout.

The day begins on the lakes with revision of the roll cast and teaching you single-handed Spey casts - an essential skill to get the most enjoyment out of small stream trout fishing.

Then we move to the river. We will describe how to spot likely trout lies, which casts to use to present a fly, the importance of examining the insects present on the river bed, and what to do if no fish are seen rising.

Tuition is provided on a one-to-one basis. We can supply a suitable rod, reel, line and flies. We recommend clients bring chest or waist waders to cope with deeper sections of the river. If necessary, we can supply waders; please tell us your boot size in advance.

fishing tackle

Please bring (sun)glasses and a hat for eye protection and your Environment Agency rod license.

Lunch is available in the hotel's informal Bistro, or why not take afternoon tea on the terrace overlooking the gardens.

Bovey Castle Hotel spa treatment

Worried about leaving friends and family while you go fishing? Relax.

They are more than welcome to enjoy the Bovey Castle's outstanding facilities which include:
a spa; horse riding; a golf course voted England's Finest Golf Resort at the World Travel Awards in 2008, and walks around the beautifully restored Edwardian gardens.

Accommodation

If you require accommodation, these lodges are conveniently located within the grounds of Bovey Castle Hotel. They can be booked through Helpful Holidays.

Lodge #1 in grounds of Bovey Castle

Lodge #2 in grounds of Bovey Castle

Lodge #3 in grounds of Bovey Castle

Lodge #3 in grounds of Bovey Castle