River Plym
PDFAA Plym Beat
PDFAA Plym Beat is a fishing beat on the River Plym. 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 Plym Beat at a glance
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- Water type
- main river
Fishing methods
The Plym beat is the association’s long stretch of the River Plym between the parking at Plym Bridge and Bickleigh. The association describes it as beautiful, easily accessible water, with sea trout on the fly at night and sea trout and salmon on artificial lure after a spate, and quiet corners along its length. Its map names pools including Bridge Pool, Chumley’s Pool, Viaduct Pool, Weir Pool, Happy Valley and the Hot Spot.
Membership gives all the association’s fishing. 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. Fishing on National Trust water is catch and release only. On the Plym that applies between Plym Bridge and the G Spot.
Stocking and fish species
Rules and policies
Fishing rules for PDFAA Plym 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. Catch and release only on National Trust water, which on the Plym is between Plym Bridge and the G Spot.
Where PDFAA Plym Beat is
The beat's boundary, with parking where we have it.
50.41997, -4.08047
The river
River
The River Plym begins at Plym Head, a marshy upland on Dartmoor about 450 metres above sea level, and runs roughly south west for around 20 miles. It passes clay workings near Shaugh Prior and meets the River Meavy at the Dewerstone, then turns south between Plymouth and Plympton through Plymbridge Woods. Its upper…
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FAQ
PDFAA Plym Beat FAQs
Practical questions anglers ask before fishing PDFAA Plym Beat, from tickets to tactics.
