Fishing Articles

There are more and more anglers taking to the salt looking to catch bass on the fly. If you have a reservoir outfit of a 7 or 8wt rod and line then you are ready to join the ever growing ranks of UK saltwater fly fishers.

The moment the fly fisher is on the M5 they are approaching the gateway to some wonderful fishing for wild brown trout, sea trout and salmon.

If you are heading down to Devon for a fly fishing holiday and are planning to fish the many rivers of Devon such as the Exe, Taw, Torridge, Teign or Tamar then you will need to get into the river and wade.

If you are heading down to Devon for your holiday and would like to experience either guided fly fishing or some fly fishing tuition then the Devon School of Fly Fishing is ideally located to take you on a fly fishing adventure!

For salmon fishing in Devon we have found that using a switch rod has been a big advantage for us and for our guests when we take them salmon fishing.

It is often thought that the best time to catch sea trout is at night time. This is certainly the case but there are also opportunities to catch them during the day too.

Sometimes having someone standing next to you when you are fishing can be a little unnerving at first but a good guide will ensure that his guest is put at ease and ready to have a great day on the water.

I like to think of fly casting as the transferring of energy. When it comes to leaders I prefer to see this process continue so that when we send our fly out to the fish that if we use a tapered leader then the energy can easily be transfered from the thick butt end of the leader that is attached to the fly line all the way to the fly.

Although the may fly hatch can’t be described as prolific as those seen on the famous fly fishing chalkstreams such as the Test and Itchen we do have a healthy hatch of mayfly in Devon too.