Beaver At Large!

You may have heard in the press of an escapee beaver in the Tamar valley.
Well how about this - spotted yesterday on the lower river!

April Sea Trout!

With rumours of a few early sea trout showing on the Tamar, David Pilkington took a couple of hours to 'prospect' beat 4 at Endsleigh!
The result? David's earliest ever Tamar sea trout - a sparkling fish of 16in (approximately 1 1/2 lb) that David safely returned to the river.
The fish took a goldhead Wooly Bugger, fished in the tail of Leighgate Pool on an intermediate line.





As if one fish wasn't enough... this greedy brown trout hitched a ride on the dropper!

March Report

The odd salmon is now nosing into fresh water, along with some good-sized early sea trout. May should see the start of serious salmon fishing, with a chance of a fish well into the middle beats around Lifton.

Trout fishing started well, with Bob Wellard taking 3 wild brownies on opening day from beat 4 on the Thrushel, the best at 12 inches. A total of 37 trout and 8 grayling have come from the Arundell Arms beats during March, the best grayling a very respectable one-pounder by Matthew Knight from beat 9A on the main Tamar.

Fly hatches are starting to pick up, after a rather slow time with water temperatures quite low. Grannom have been more numerous than the large olives, and the month of May sees a real burst from black gnats, more olives, yellow may duns and of course the mayfly itself.