River Dart
Totnes Weir Pool
Totnes Weir Pool is a fishing beat on the River Dart. Day tickets from £35.
Pricing and season
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Fishing details
Totnes Weir Pool at a glance
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Totnes Weir Pool, at the weir in Totnes, is part of the Dart Angling Association’s water, and visitors can fish it on its own day ticket for salmon and sea trout.
The ticket costs £35 a day. Only one salmon ticket is sold each day, for fishing from sunrise until an hour after sunset within the salmon season set by the Environment Agency, which is currently 1 February to 30 September. Only one migratory trout ticket is sold each day, for the hours from sunset to 3am between 15 March and 30 September. The association says the pool is best fished about three hours either side of low tide.
Tickets are bought online through the association’s Clubmate page. Migratory trout fishing is fly only, and a catch return is asked for after your day.
Rules and policies
Fishing rules for Totnes Weir Pool
One salmon ticket a day (sunrise to one hour after sunset) and one migratory trout ticket a day (sunset to 3am). Migratory trout: fly only, 10 inch minimum, two a day. Salmon: all fish before 15 June are released and the first salmon caught after that is returned too. No worm or other bait, no gaff or tailer. An Environment Agency rod licence is needed and a catch return must be sent.
Where Totnes Weir Pool is
Exact location is hidden at the owner's request. This beat is on the River Dart.
Approximate locationThe river
River
The River Dart rises high on Dartmoor as two separate streams, the East Dart and the West Dart, which join at Dartmeet. From there it runs south and east out of the moor, past Buckfast Abbey and through Buckfastleigh, Dartington and Totnes. At Totnes a weir marks the point where the river becomes tidal, and below it…
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Totnes Weir Pool FAQs
Practical questions anglers ask before fishing Totnes Weir Pool, from tickets to tactics.
