Home page About us Instruction Guided fishing trips Short breaks Video gallery Picture gallery Advice & articles Venues Open all year Tackle shop Bookshop Gift vouchers Corporate events Prices Contact us Accommodation Links Enquiries@flyfishingdevon.co.uk	We hope you enjoy this gallery which shows some of the things we do to help you enjoy the wonderful fishing opportunities available on the beautiful rivers and lakes of  Dartmoor and South Devon. We supply the tackle and do our best to put you in contact with wild brown trout We teach you to roll cast so that you can fish with confidence in tricky casting situations We teach you to present the fly delicately in calm conditions as well as how to cope with difficult winds We explain what all those numbers on a fly rod mean  ... and how to deal with your catch We can take you to wild moorland rivers, or  ...  ... manicured lawns by still waters with lunch nearby We are open all year round but .... ... wrap up warm for fishing in January Small stocked stillwaters ... .... offer an easy introduction to fly fishing ... ... and they remain open ... .... throughout the year. We will even go down on bended knee !  ... ... to help you catch a fish We can advise you on suitable tackle .... ... and recommend our favourite authors  From large sea trout in a small stream ... ... to small brown trout in a larger river, Dartmoor provides an interesting range of challenges. We encourage catch and release ... ...and insist on barbless hooks, glasses and hats for your protection during coaching sessions We can email you photographs of your catch ... ... and keep you out of trouble in unfamilar places! We can take a video of your casting to highlight strengths and weaknesses, and ...  ... send you a set of keys points to keep in mind when casting and help you plan your next tuition session We can take you to enchanting locations; a summer's evening on Dartmoor...  And suggest how to tempt a wily wild trout; ... try something small and black We can teach you how to 'double haul' This video shows our colleague Neil Keep executing a change of direction cast prior to double-hauling Neil Keep offers fly fishing tuition in Somerset In these short video clips our colleague Lee Holland makes it look easy to send a fly beneath overhanging branches. If you look closely you can see that Lee starts  with a roll cast pickup and then uses his left hand to 'haul' the fly line in order to increase line speed. We teach you these techniques and can use video to help you improve your casting skills. The photographs below show a more complicated problem. The angler wants to  present her fly to fish lying under  the trees on her right hand side. She cannot use an overhead or side cast because of  vegetation behind her. A roll cast is the answer in this situation. However, once her line has swung around in the current and is hanging straight downstream, she will need to reposition the line so that she can make another cast beneath the trees. If she simply roll casts in the direction of the trees on her right the line will cross itself and tangle. The video clip shows how we have taught her to change the direction of her roll cast to deal with this dilemma. In order to change the direction of her roll cast the angler: lifts her rod tip to break surface tension on the line sweeps the line and fly horizontally to her right which aligns the 'anchor'  with the target lifts the rod vertically to form a 'D' loop & faces the target makes a forward cast Notice how these moves are made slowly and smoothly to maintain line tension and ensure that fly, line and 'D' loop are all in line with the target A productive day ... .... in Geoff and Paul's  'office' Up on the moors ... ... you find trout, their sheer beauty makes up for their size In slow deep pools ... ...occasionally , very occasionally you may catch a salmon What's this found hiding under a rock? ..... ....somewhere in this mess, Paul is convinced he has a book with the answer ! Caddis cases: Some of our best friends live in very small houses made of sand. The only person I know who can afford to break the rule "Always walk with the rod top pointing backwards" - Luke Bannister maker of beautiful split cane rods . If it breaks, he just makes a new one! What's that in his mouth? ... ...a well-chewed Tups comparadun. I prefer to chat to the farmer whilst Geoff deals with the ram ! Big yes, but - confession time - caught on a spinner April, worth a try with a wet fly. Ever hopeful! Geoff is convinced bass will succumb to a fly - if he can just find them in all this water.   At least Geoff looks the part in that kit! At first sight, it doesn't look much, but it holds a surprising number of 8+ inch fish Difficult stuff! Slow moving water with very easily spooked trout sipping something tiny in the surface film. These two pictures show the contrast in the size of a river ........ ......just a few miles apart Believe me, they are there - in very thin water against the far bank   A master of concealment - even when it's at your feet This gate always elicits anticipation... ....for what lies beyond small ... ... but perfectly formed lost in concentration First salmon. Paul's son Richard with his first salmon circa 1987.  "Things ain't what they used to be". Paul with a 30+ lb salmon found dead on the river bank whilst river clearing (hence the tatty jacket!) in January in the 1980s.  South Devon's rivers inspire artists as well as fishermen We look forward to meeting you and introducing you to some of the places which we enjoy so much. Tight lines! Paul and Geoff enquiries@flyfishingdevon Return to top of page