Long Pool

Crook Pool

HornerPool

FurzePool

No Fishing inshaded area

PRIVATE

End ofFishery

Ramsey Pool

LynRock Pool

Black Pool

Lower Lyn Rock PoolUpper Lyn Rock Pool

Peal Pool

Vellacotts Pool

Overflow Pool

LowerStag Pool

Dumbledon PoolWatersmeetBridge Pool

Upper Stag Pool

Ashford Pool

Fox PoolBuddle Pool Meadow Pool

Start ofFishery

WatersmeetHouse

BlackRocks

Ash BridgeFB

ChiselcombeBridge

CombePark

WoodsideBridge

Lynmouth

RockfordHillsfordBridge

Brendon

FBFord

L y n m o u t hB a y

East Lyn River

Hoaro

ak

Wat

er

East LynRiver

Wester Wood

BonnicottWood Horner’s Neck

Wood

Barton Wood

BartonWood Mill

Wood

FrogwellWood

Grafton WoodBirchWood

WilshamWood

TrillyWood

A39

A39

B3223

TORS ROAD

Porlock,Minehead

Barbrook Filling Station, Barbrook.Tel: 01598 752248

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1/2 mile1 kilometre

NORTH

A road

B Road

Minor road / track

Footpath

Noticeboard

Footbridge

Parking

Fishing allowed

Fishing allowed (children)

No fishing (private fishery)

Woodland

FB

Salmon Season: 1 March - 30 Sept

(no worm or maggot before 16th June. catch and release of all salmon is mandatory for the whole season).

Sea Trout & Brown Trout: 15th March - 30th Sept

(no worm or maggot for sea trout before 16th June. catch and release of all sea trout is mandatory for the whole season. brown trout fishing by artificial fly only)

A separate Environment Agency rod fishing licence is required

Fishery restrictions to protect Salmon and Sea trout

hook of no larger than a standard size 4.

not allowed at any time in

Ban on sale of rod-caught

sea trout and salmon (New

Byelaw) - no person shall sell, offer or

expose for sale or have in possession for

sale any salmon or migratory trout which

has been taken by rod and line.

Please avoid making contact

with the river bed to help

protect important wildlife

habitats. Take extra care not to

disturb fish and river gravel

during March when salmon and trout are laying their eggs in gravel in the shallow, fast

flowing parts of the river. It is an offence under the Salmon & Freshwater Fisheries Act 1975 to

wilfully disturb these fish spawning areas.

Please report any incidents relating to pollution, illegal fishing or flood risk to theEnvironment Agency on 0800 807060 (free 24 hour incident hotline) or sightings ofwildlife or litter pollution to National Trust wardens/rangers on 01598 763306.

Canoeing arrangements detailed overleaf

Day and week

permits available

from:

Rockford Inn, Brendon.

Tel: 01598 741214

Tourist Information Centre, Town Hall,Lynton. Tel: 0845 6603232

Taunton Angling Centre, 63 Station Road, Taunton. Tel: 01823 282 518

Porlock Visitor Centre, West End, High Street, Porlock. Tel : 01643 863150

The National Trust, Watersmeet House, Lynmouth. Tel: 01598 752648

More copies of this leaflet can be downloaded from

www.nationaltrust.org.uk/watersmeet

Printed on waterproof paper

Watersmeet and Glenthorne FisheriesRiver Lyn, North Devon

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Catch and release of all salmon and sea trout is mandatory for the whole season.

Permitted baits are restricted to artificial fly and artificial lure until 16th June.

Worm or maggot may be fished from 16th June on a single Circle patterned

Fishing with worm or maggot is

Long Pool.