Here's to 2014 - a new season beckons

A happy new year to one and all. After a season of desperately low water conditions, we were hoping for a drop of rain in 2014 and it appears to have come a few months early... We often get a large winter flood on the Tamar system, but since a rise of nearly 14 feet on Christmas Eve, it's barely dropped back. At the time of writing, nearly all of the rivers are once again just about in the fields. Needless to say, grayling fishing is on hold for the time being.
Prior to Christmas, we walked the tributaries to look for signs of spawning salmon. Although a little later than usually expected, we were very pleased to witness several pairs of fish and many redds throughout the Lyd, Wolf and Thrushel. This came as a small sigh of relief as relatively few salmon seemed present in the river during the season. All being well, the offspring of these fish will be taking our flies on the Tamar and Lyd in 2017 and 2018!
Here's to a fish-filled 2014 season. Our course dates and fishing availability have all been updated on the main hotel website, so please CLICK HERE for more information.

High-summer trout fishing on the Tamar