Stillwater · Granite · South West / Devon

Tavistock Trout Fishery

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A Dartmoor-edge trout fishery near Tavistock run as a straightforward managed stillwater with clear opening information and ticketing.

Fair · Rainbow
Buzzer · 12-14
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Good summer conditions for Tavistock Trout Fishery
Useful ripple, fishable wave. Worth a session if the wind holds.
61% confidence

Tavistock Trout Fishery is often best in spring through autumn.

What moved it
  • WindNW 14 km/hGentle breeze
Today's fly
Buzzer
Buzzer12-14
Washing-line, in the film
Conditions on the water
Live gauge
Wind
Gentle breeze
NW 14 km/h
N
NW
from the north-west
Wave20 cm ripple
Water temp
Air temp21°C
CloudOvercast
Pressure1020 hPa
Rain · recent0.0 mm

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How to fish it · for Rainbow
When
Conditions are not ideal but fishable at Tavistock Trout Fishery. The ripple should help fish move and feed more confidently. Early morning is often the most productive window in summer — make the most of it.
Where
Start with Booby (8-10) on a fast strip on floating line or static on sinking. Early in the day, try buzzers on a slow figure-of-eight or a booby on a fast-sink line near the bottom. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses. When no hatch is visible, a buzzer team — black stripped quill on the point, attractor or pearl-rib on the top dropper — is the default starting point on any UK stillwater.
The plan
Plan A

Start with Booby (8-10) on a fast strip on floating line or static on sinking. Early in the day, try buzzers on a slow figure-of-eight or a booby on a fast-sink line near the bottom. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses. When no hatch is visible, a buzzer team — black stripped quill on the point, attractor or pearl-rib on the top dropper — is the default starting point on any UK stillwater.

Plan B

Fish early and late, try deeper during the heat of the day with a fast-sinking line.

Watch for

Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.

Bank

Bank-only venue. Fish from accessible margins, points, weed edges, and inflows.

Sub-surface · on the nymphunder the surface

Hatch predictions

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Beyond the hatch · worth watchingambient prey

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Through the year
0–3 scale · August highlighted
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Trout seasonSeason
1
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
2
1
Daphnia SwarmHatch
2
3
3
3
2
Daddy Long LegsHatch
2
3
2
Lake OliveHatch
2
3
3
3
3
3
2
Silverhorns & LonghornsHatch
1
2
2
2
1

Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.

Ranked for today
Rainbow fly box
What's coming
Plan ahead
5-day outlook
Condition match
59%
Cloud50%
Wind65%
Temp60%

A reasonable day here, though cloud isn't quite in the sweet spot.

Other water nearby · 5
Gallery · 1
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About this water

A Dartmoor-edge trout fishery near Tavistock run as a straightforward managed stillwater with clear opening information and ticketing. The official site presents it squarely as a trout fishery rather than a mixed coarse venue. Its location on the western side of Devon suggests a moorland-influenced setting, but the fishery itself is clearly organised around practical day-ticket trout fishing.

  • Fishery
  • Granite
Why this score
  • summer conditions with overcast skies and breezy wind.
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Seasons & zones
  • Trout 1 January31 December
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