Start with Pheasant Tail Nymph (12-16) — on the point — slow figure-of-eight retrieve. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses. If that does not produce, switch depth or speed before changing the pattern entirely.
Fish early and late, try deeper during the heat of the day with a fast-sinking line.
Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.
Bank fishing near inflows, dam walls, and weed beds. Move to find feeding fish.
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
Conditions are ideal for Exe Valley Fly Fishing — wind, cloud and temperature all line up.
Two stocked stillwaters in the headwaters of the River Exe near Dulverton (on the Devon/Somerset border) - Anchor Lake is fly-only with larger fish, Lobbs Lake is any-method with smaller stockies; day tickets and season tickets available, open all year. Distinct from the adjacent Exe Valley Fishery (carp/coarse) and DG Fishing's separate Exe river beats.
Two stocked stillwaters in the headwaters of the River Exe near Dulverton (on the Devon/Somerset border) - Anchor Lake is fly-only with larger fish, Lobbs Lake is any-method with smaller stockies; day tickets and season tickets available, open all year.
Start with Pheasant Tail Nymph (12-16) — on the point — slow figure-of-eight retrieve. Rainbows respond to more active retrieves — try short strips between pauses. If that does not produce, switch depth or speed before changing the pattern entirely.
Fish early and late, try deeper during the heat of the day with a fast-sinking line.
Evening tends to be the best period in summer — stay late if you can for a sedge or spinner fall.
Bank fishing near inflows, dam walls, and weed beds. Move to find feeding fish.
Hatch predictions
See the full sub-surface read with Pro.
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Hatch predictions
Top prey shown — see all 5 with Pro.
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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
Conditions are ideal for Exe Valley Fly Fishing — wind, cloud and temperature all line up.
Two stocked stillwaters in the headwaters of the River Exe near Dulverton (on the Devon/Somerset border) - Anchor Lake is fly-only with larger fish, Lobbs Lake is any-method with smaller stockies; day tickets and season tickets available, open all year. Distinct from the adjacent Exe Valley Fishery (carp/coarse) and DG Fishing's separate Exe river beats.
