River Exe
Hartnoll Beat
Hartnoll Beat is a fishing beat on the River Exe. Day tickets from £15.
Pricing and season
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How Hartnoll 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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Hartnoll Beat at a glance
- Rods
- Up to 2
- Difficulty
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- Length
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- Water type
- main river
Fishing methods
Hartnoll is a long beat now owned by the Hartnoll Hotel, which the association calls probably the best kept beat on the river. It has been prolific in the past and is described as great fly water, with some of the best fishing on the river. Two rods fish it, seven days a week, for trout, grayling and salmon, fly only. A ghillie and tuition are available through the hotel if you want them.
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.
From Hartnoll Hotel, go north on the A396 for about two miles and turn left over Stoodleigh bridge. Parking is through the gate immediately on the right after the bridge, in the field or on the road opposite the gate. The gate is padlocked, and the key is kept at the hotel’s reception desk. RETA’s code of practice applies and nil returns are asked for.
Stocking and fish species
Rules and policies
Fishing rules for Hartnoll Beat
Fly only. RETA code of practice applies: all salmon are returned, no treble hooks, barbs fully closed, knotless net. Two rods. Returns, including nil returns, are asked for by email or phone.
Where Hartnoll 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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