A southwesterly has held for 7 hours, running colder than the water (1°C air against 7°C water). The end it blows into is taking that chilled surface water, so try the sheltered south-western end instead — off the back of the wind, where the undertow returns food along the bottom. That chill sits in the top of the water, though, and the bed is slower to feel it — on a bottom bait it is the undertow, not the temperature, that puts you at this end. Treat it as a tiebreaker between good swims rather than an override — features and angling pressure usually count for more.
Start with Minkie (6-10) — on the point. If that does not produce, switch depth or speed before changing the pattern entirely.
Slow down everything. A booby on a fast-sinking line, left static, can pick up deep fish.
Keep an eye on changing conditions — wind shifts and cloud breaks can trigger short feeding spells.
Bank-only venue. Fish from accessible margins, points, weed edges, and inflows.
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A good match for Fernworthy Reservoir — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.
Bank fishing only, fly only, in a genuine wilderness setting. Managed by South West Lakes Trust.
A beautiful Dartmoor reservoir surrounded by conifer plantation — 30 hectares of moorland water with wild and stocked brown trout.
A southwesterly has held for 7 hours, running colder than the water (1°C air against 7°C water). The end it blows into is taking that chilled surface water, so try the sheltered south-western end instead — off the back of the wind, where the undertow returns food along the bottom. That chill sits in the top of the water, though, and the bed is slower to feel it — on a bottom bait it is the undertow, not the temperature, that puts you at this end. Treat it as a tiebreaker between good swims rather than an override — features and angling pressure usually count for more.
Start with Minkie (6-10) — on the point. If that does not produce, switch depth or speed before changing the pattern entirely.
Slow down everything. A booby on a fast-sinking line, left static, can pick up deep fish.
Keep an eye on changing conditions — wind shifts and cloud breaks can trigger short feeding spells.
Bank-only venue. Fish from accessible margins, points, weed edges, and inflows.
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A good match for Fernworthy Reservoir — most conditions are close to what it fishes best in.
Bank fishing only, fly only, in a genuine wilderness setting. Managed by South West Lakes Trust.
Fernworthy Reservoir is a reservoir in South West / Devon (Dartmoor), England. Its recorded elevation is about 339 m above sea level and the catchment geology is granite. The species listed for this water is brown trout. The trout season is recorded as running from 15 March to 15 October. Best window recorded for anglers: May–June. Core methods listed: Bank fishing with wet fly; buzzer; dry fly. Nearby waters in our listings include Meldon Reservoir at 13 km, Venford Reservoir at 13 km and Kennick Reservoir at 14 km.
