Autumn/winter pike on the fly — big fish season. Pike are putting on condition and take large flies confidently. Fish dropping weed edges, deep channels, and structure. Start with a sinking line and move to faster-sinking as the water cools. Biggest pike of the year come in this window.
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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Probably the best pike fly fishing window of the year. Cooling water activates pike metabolism and baitfish shoal up before winter, concentrating the predators. Fish are aggressive feeders moving to windward banks, dropoffs, and points where baitfish are pushed. Large profile baitfish streamers on intermediate lines retrieved at medium pace, with pauses at structure edges. Count-down retrieves to find the active depth. Fish move — cover ground rather than working one spot.
A reasonable day here, though temperature isn't quite in the sweet spot.
Deep in places, with big features for pike to hold on. Fish average 10–14 lb and run to 27 lb; perch to 3 lb. Spinners, plugs, fly and sea-fish deadbaits are allowed; no livebaiting. There is no carp fishing on Trenchford (carp are on Tottiford, season ticket only). Six swims at full level, more when the water drops in summer. Open all year, dawn to dusk. Run by South West Lakes Trust.
A 33-acre pike water on the eastern edge of Dartmoor, beside Kennick and Tottiford near Christow, among farmland and woodland.
Autumn/winter pike on the fly — big fish season. Pike are putting on condition and take large flies confidently. Fish dropping weed edges, deep channels, and structure. Start with a sinking line and move to faster-sinking as the water cools. Biggest pike of the year come in this window.
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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Numbers are intensity 0 (none) to 3 (peak) — a guide, not a guarantee.
Probably the best pike fly fishing window of the year. Cooling water activates pike metabolism and baitfish shoal up before winter, concentrating the predators. Fish are aggressive feeders moving to windward banks, dropoffs, and points where baitfish are pushed. Large profile baitfish streamers on intermediate lines retrieved at medium pace, with pauses at structure edges. Count-down retrieves to find the active depth. Fish move — cover ground rather than working one spot.
A reasonable day here, though temperature isn't quite in the sweet spot.
Deep in places, with big features for pike to hold on. Fish average 10–14 lb and run to 27 lb; perch to 3 lb. Spinners, plugs, fly and sea-fish deadbaits are allowed; no livebaiting. There is no carp fishing on Trenchford (carp are on Tottiford, season ticket only). Six swims at full level, more when the water drops in summer. Open all year, dawn to dusk. Run by South West Lakes Trust.
Trenchford Reservoir is a reservoir in South West / Devon (Dartmoor edge), England. The catchment geology is recorded as granite, and the water sits at about 232 m above sea level. Species listed for this water: pike and perch. The coarse season is recorded as running from 1 January to 31 December. Best window recorded for anglers: October–March. Core methods listed: Lures and plugs; pike fly; sea-fish deadbaits (no livebait). Nearby waters in our listings include Kennick Reservoir at 1.0 km, Fernworthy Reservoir at 14 km and Venford Reservoir at 16 km.
