Fernworthy Reservoir
Fernworthy Reservoir is a fishing beat. Day tickets from £15.
Pricing and season
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Fishing details
Fernworthy Reservoir at a glance
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Fishing methods
Fly methods
Fernworthy Reservoir is a seventy eight acre water high on Dartmoor, near Chagford, set among meadows, conifer woodland and open moorland, with Bronze Age hut circles and a submerged clapper bridge nearby. It is a brown trout water only, stocked to an average of ten to twelve inches alongside a good head of wild fish.
Fishing is from the bank only. A day ticket allows up to four fish over ten inches to be taken, or the whole day can be fished catch and release on barbless hooks instead. Traditional dark fly patterns work best here: black gnats, bibios, beetles, hoppers and sedge patterns.
A car park, free to anglers, and toilets sit by the water. Day tickets, evening tickets and season tickets are sold online or by phone through South West Lakes Trust; there is no half day ticket at Fernworthy. A multi-water Castabout season permit also covers Fernworthy alongside Roadford, Wistlandpound and Colliford in Cornwall.
Stocking and fish species
Rules and policies
Fishing rules for Fernworthy Reservoir
Fly fishing only. Up to four fish over ten inches may be taken in a day, or the day may be fished entirely catch and release on barbless hooks. Fishing is from the bank only. A current Environment Agency rod licence is required.
Amenities
Where Fernworthy Reservoir is
The beat's boundary, with parking where we have it.
50.64094, -3.88904
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Fernworthy Reservoir FAQs
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