River Erme
PDFAA Erme Beat
PDFAA Erme Beat is a fishing beat on the River Erme. Day tickets from £20.
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.
Price calendar
Fishing details
PDFAA Erme Beat at a glance
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- main river
Fishing methods
The Erme beats give the best of both worlds, the association says: easy pools on the outskirts of Ivybridge and hidden pockets off the beaten track. They are not long, but they hold quality pools and captivating trout fishing.
The association’s map shows two sections, a Playing Field beat with parking by the playing field and named pools including Corner Pool, Bridge Pool and Long Pool, and a Woodland beat further downstream, reached by a footpath from a layby that takes two cars.
Day tickets are bought online on the day you fish, cover every beat for 24 hours from 4am, and are at the moment sold for salmon at £20.
Stocking and fish species
Rules and policies
Fishing rules for PDFAA Erme Beat
Brown trout and other non-migratory trout: fly only, barbless or debarbed hooks, fish under 18cm returned. Sea trout: normally fly only, spinning allowed if the river is highly coloured, three a day, coloured fish returned. Salmon: fly or artificial lure; every fish before 16 June, every coloured, gravid or hen fish and every fish over 10lb is released, as are the first two salmon and at least two of every three after that. A knotless net is carried, an Environment Agency rod licence is needed and a catch return is sent after fishing.
Where PDFAA Erme Beat is
The beat's boundary, with parking where we have it.
50.38330, -3.92574
The river
River
The River Erme rises in the middle of southern Dartmoor, on the Abbot’s Way, less than a mile south of the source of the Plym. It flows south through a landscape of Bronze Age remains, including the longest stone row on the moor, then leaves Dartmoor at Ivybridge and continues past Ermington, Modbury and Holbeton.…
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FAQ
PDFAA Erme Beat FAQs
Practical questions anglers ask before fishing PDFAA Erme Beat, from tickets to tactics.
