River Exe
Bickleigh Beat
Bickleigh Beat is a fishing beat on the River Exe. Day tickets from £15.
Pricing and season
Indicative prices only. This calendar does not show whether a beat is bookable or already booked out, and other prices may apply. Always confirm availability and the final price with the booking provider before you travel.
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How Bickleigh Beat compares on the River Exe
Typical, lowest and highest full-day rod, from 7 beats with published day rates
Day tickets on the River Exe run from £10 to £30. The typical full-day rate is around £10, peaking in February.
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Bickleigh Beat at a glance
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- Difficulty
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- Length
- 1 miles
- Water type
- main river
Fishing methods
Bickleigh is about a mile of the River Exe on the Amory family’s land, on the A396 about half a mile north of Bickleigh village. It takes in the Black Bridge pool and is fished fly only for trout, grayling and salmon.
The beat is open Monday to Friday. Unless you live outside the area it can only be booked a few days ahead of your day. A ticket costs £30 for the day or £15 for an evening after 5pm, and you need to be a member of the River Exe and Tributaries Association first. Tickets are booked through Lance Nicholson Tackle.
Parking is at the gate entrance, marked with a red P, or anywhere along the track beyond it. Please close the gates and keep the entrance and track clear. Walk down to the river; the places to get in and out are marked with cover strips on the barbed wire. RETA asks for nil returns as well as catches, by email or phone, and its code of practice applies.
Stocking and fish species
Rules and policies
Fishing rules for Bickleigh Beat
Fly only. RETA code of practice applies: all salmon are returned, no treble hooks, barbs fully closed, knotless net. Returns, including nil returns, are asked for by email or phone.
Where Bickleigh Beat is
Exact location is hidden at the owner's request. This beat is on the River Exe.
Approximate locationThe river
River
The River Exe rises at Exe Head on Exmoor, near Simonsbath, which is in Somerset. Almost the whole of its 60 miles is in Devon, though, and it flows more or less due south, through Tiverton and on to Exeter. Below Exeter it becomes a broad ria, the Exe Estuary, reaching the English Channel between Exmouth and Dawlish…
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Bickleigh Beat FAQs
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