Fly fishing a Dartmoor stream, Beginners advice 

I think a lot beginners will find this video interesting. All the best.

Excellent video Chris. Great tips, especially the last one. We all mess up and get frustrated and the more frustrated we get the more we mess up. No matter how long we have been fishing we are not immune to this. As you say, stop have a seat, take a break and that makes all the difference.

Those little browns are gems. All good advice. I so love small streams. I was fishing a veyr hard one last week. After storms. I picked up one rainbow about 35cm, and a smaller one around 20cm. A1 wt rod which I enjoy so much. Best wishes. :-)

Enjoy your trips out, particularly the Dartmoor sessions. Always challenging but hugely enjoyable.

Well done Chris, another excellent film.

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Brilliant video, thanks for making it! Even for the few tips that I’m already vaguely aware of, it’s so useful to hear a suspicion confirmed by somebody knows what they are talking about! 👌👌

Another masterpiece Chris. I shall watch it again but, next time, with my mad keen fly fishing14-year old grandson.

Thanks, I enjoyed this Chris. Many years ago, like many others, I began trout fishing on stocked lakes where "bagging up" with obese rainbows was the aim. All well and good but I get so much more pleasure now immersing myself (literally) in an ancient spate river and (occasionally) picking out native trout which are comparatively tiny in size but as pretty as a picture to briefly observe before slipping them back into the water. For future videos I'd be interested in hearing your views (and the views of other commenters) on tackle for small spate rivers, brooks and streams (especially leaders, fly pattern and size, etc.) because every day should be a school day. Thanks again.

Great tips Chris.......love this video because it's so very helpful and down to earth. Thank you !

I almist exclusively fish small streams nowadays, and it is amazing how similar this stream is to Devil's Hole in PA. You might want to help beginners by commenting a bit on gear -- leaders, rod, and so on.

If memory serves, the poet William Wordsworth was a keen, if unlucky angler. After many fruitless trips to the river, he decided that the fish must be able to see him, and that was why he never caught any. After a while, and several failed attempts at fooling them, he came up with the brilliant idea of disguising himself as a tree. He still never caught anything, but his friends would come and picnic at his feet.

Really helpful video Chris from your real-world experience...thanks for sharing...very enjoyable

Brilliant video, even though I like to think I'm fairly experienced, this brought home a lot of mistakes I've been making, especially staying off the skyline. I really struggled yesterday on an exposed stretch whereas I'd done OK the previous on a shady tree-lined part of the Teign. It all makes sense - I was probably spooking them. Thanks again Chris and keep them coming!

Great video thanks !

hi Chris, lovely video again as usual , do so wish I lived between Dartmoor and Exmoor to enjoy all of those pristine streams, for the last few days just been bagging 9in grays here and just one brown which was a bit over 1lb so lucky with that. Whether you catch or not doesn't matter ,its being there that matters and I have been lucky enough to see 3 or 4 kingfishers every time out and that is what it's all about. mike

Most informative, Chris, wise words for those accustomed to stocked lakes, in my experience fly pattern is much less important than stealth and concealment. On some of my pools I keep a rod length back from the bank. Truly addictive for us small stream, Brook, burn, beck whatever devotees👍👍

Great video, thanks. Only wish that my local river the Upper Cuckmere was in such a pristine state. Unfortunately heavy rains cause run off, some of our farmers manage the fields sympathetically, but do have some bad offenders, namely sweetcorn growers, where run off is bad. My bees have been flying today, spring not to far off. Best wishes to you.😀

Gem of a creek! Maybe pretty good Tenkara water?

Loving the video and the dialogue is briliant. I been down to dartmoor a number of times and never found any streams assessable that you seem to find at will. I fished the river dart near the big camping site looked amazing but very few fish in it. Not sure if you have a list of steams easily accessable ticket wise etc would be useful.

Thanks, great vid. Can you possibly recommend waders? I keep seeming to buy ones that last half a season.. ive heard they are all a bit hit and miss.. thanks again

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The simple thing is that many anglers fail to grasp that they are hunting a wild animal. Also they fail on presentation.Lining and drag being the killers with dryfly. Actually, most of the time, fly pattern is not important and certainly not on a fast upland stream in the video where they will take most things if presented well. Yet on social media you will always see people ask ' What fly did you catch on ? ' 🙄

that water is probably free of pollutants isn't it?