Monday 30 June 2008

VIDEO: The Devon Macnab

Catch a wild trout, a bass and a sea trout in a single day! The Devon Macnab is a new challenge at the Arundell Arms, and offers an exciting day of guided wild fly fishing for the more experienced angler.
For more details, click HERE

Here's the video from the Macnab 'test run'; hotel instructors David Pilkington and Tim Smith just about made it! David managed to lose a couple of trout before finally getting to grips with one, and then landed and released six bass before Tim even had a take. Tim did manage a couple in the end, before the final task of the sea trout. David had his on the bank within 10 minutes of starting on beat 3, while Tim lost three, finally fluking one during a last-minute stop off on beat 2. This Macnab business isn't for the feint-hearted! Enjoy!


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Sunday 22 June 2008

VIDEO: The River Ottery

Here's the first in a series of videos on fishing at the Arundell Arms. Enjoy!


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Tuesday 17 June 2008

Last-minute Macnab - Grab your place now!

There is still room on the following dates for the above, with four spaces left on July 1st, one on August 18th and five on August 19th. If you haven't yet heard about it, click HERE for more details!

A single price of £420 covers two night's dinner, bed and breakfast, a full day's guided fishing for wild trout, bass and sea trout, a packed lunch and VAT.
Come join us; try the challenge for yourself and be one of the first to catch all three wild species of fish in one day!

Monday 9 June 2008

It's All Go!

First of all, apologies for the lack of updates of late - it's been all go here at the hotel! With great fishing conditions and hordes of visiting anglers, the Lifton brown trout haven't had a chance! Recent courses have been very popular and successful (when sudden monsoon-like downpours haven't spoilt the show). There are one or two sea trout and salmon being landed throughout the Tamar, and constant good water has meant that they are well-spread up the river.
It's nearly time to start some serious night sea trout fishing, and the bass are now around the coast in numbers. There's so much fishing to choose from... and so little time!

Some new recruits to the wonderful world of fly fishing had a ball on the little River Wolf...




Tim Smith with a perfect early sea trout of 1lb 10oz while fishing the hotel's rod at Endsleigh...



Evenings on the north Cornish coast - just perfect for chasing bass..!