River Tavy
PDFAA Tavy Beat
PDFAA Tavy Beat is a fishing beat on the River Tavy. 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 Tavy Beat at a glance
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- Water type
- main river
Fishing methods
The Tavy beat is dark moorland water in a secluded valley, where the association says you can lose yourself. It supports hard fighting brown trout, with salmon and sea trout in summer and autumn, and the association calls it good fly water. There is a smaller beat to the south as well.
The association’s map shows a left bank section running down from the top end layby, with named pools including Power Station Pool, Corner Pool, the Glide, Cliff Pool, Long Pool, Elephant Pool and Dougie’s Pool, and a separate right bank section at Cottage Pool further downstream. Parking is by the village, or in single vehicle laybys at the top and bottom of the beat. Please do not cross the garden of Wilminstone Cottage.
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 Tavy 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. Please do not cross the garden of Wilminstone Cottage.
Where PDFAA Tavy Beat is
The beat's boundary, with parking where we have it.
50.57740, -4.10819
The river
River
The River Tavy rises on Dartmoor and gave its name to Tavistock, Mary Tavy and Peter Tavy. It runs south west through a secluded valley to join the Tamar at Bickleigh, and is one of the Tamar’s main tributaries from the Devon side. Its own tributaries include the Walkham, the Burn and the Lumburn, and at Tavistock it…
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FAQ
PDFAA Tavy Beat FAQs
Practical questions anglers ask before fishing PDFAA Tavy Beat, from tickets to tactics.
