NEWS – all categories

02/03

All members are welcome at the DFA AGM taking place this Friday evening at the Dartmoor Lodge hotel. The meeting starts at 6.30 pm and includes a ‘questions and answers’ session.

02/03

It seems likely, if not certain, that the EA Bye law brought in last summer, will be rescinded any day now. This will be a relief for the association. Confirmation and further detals will be posted asap.

29/02

The work at Totnes Weir is nearing completion . All landscaping around the weir is due to be finished by the end of March .

However work is not yet complete, and members should be aware that access across the weir is also not finished and crossing the weir should not be attempted.

A steel walkway at the back of the building is nearing completion within the next couple of weeks . Once completed the platform/walkway will give access for Association members (only) to cross the weir via a combination locked gate , photographs showing the walkway will be placed on the website once it is available for use . We will probably use our normal combination but will review this possibility and advise members once installed. The new Larinier fish ladder is working and the fish counter installation nearly complete (also should be working by the end of March)

Improvements at the bottom of the old fish ladder are also taking place .
The next year or two will certainly be a learning curve as we adapt to fishing in the weir with the different flows .
Over the next month or two the committee advise all members to treat the area with caution while the final work is completed at the site, and when fishing the weirpool this coming season.
Phil Prowse

Hon Sec .

Please not that Sunday’s bank clearing will be at Hembury and not TWP. Start time as usual 9.30 a.m

Just a reminder now the season has started, that the River Dart Emergency Salmon Bylaw is still in force. This means that all salmon fishing is catch and release with fly being the only permissible method.

It is also not permitted to remove any diseased, dead or dying salmon from the river.

More details here.

23/1/16

The following dates are subject to river height and general weather conditions. We will endeavour to update any changes.

10/1 Abbotsmead to Quarry pool (CC)

17/1 Abbotsmead to Quarry pool (CC)

24/1 Quarry pool to Lower Stile pool (CC)

31/1 Kilbury weir to Austin’s bridge (CC)

7/2 Hangman’s to Park stickle

14/2 Nursery pool to Abbotsmead (Fogden’s)

21/2 Totnes weir pool

28/2 TBC

4/01/2016

Happy New Year to all members and friends of the Dart Angling Association.

Well the monsoon broke in early November and shows no sign of abating. What effect this has had on salmon and sea trout spawning remains to be seen. . . .in 2019 at the earliest. Whereas  late running fish have had magnificent water to travel on, there must be serious concerns about redd washout.  Redd counting has been virtually impossible in the high water but the general feeling is that spawning effort has been sparse, and the absence of sharp ‘triggering’ frosts another worry. Given that fewer fish seem to be returning and that autumn are storms appear increasingly violent, we can be forgiven for being less than optimistic.  That said, everyone will be hoping that 2016 brings a welcome change of fortune after last season’s tales of woe.

The Totnes Weir Pool project appears to be  pretty much up and running , and though it is any bodies guess how this might change things, it would be a real bonus if it, and the recent force of water,  somehow combine to move the build up of silt and create a deeper, healthier habitat for our returning fish to rest in.

The dates for bank clearing will be published asap – obviously last Sunday was a wash out.