Natural and
Artificial Trout Flies of the River Yealm
The Yealm is a relatively short (12 miles long)
river representative of several rivers running off the southern slopes
of the Dartmoor National Park in South Devon (UK).
It carries a good head of brown trout, a run of sea trout in summer
months and salmon in the autumn (November and December).
In 2011 the environmental consultancy firm APEM
carried out invertebrate surveys at seven sites using the kick sampling
procedure.
Samples were collected on 25/26th May, 2011
(Spring Survey), 19 August 2011(Summer Survey), and during the week of
the 19-23rd September 2011(Autumn Survey).
This page summarizes the survey results and lists
the most frequently found insects. It may be of interest to fly fishers
visiting the Upper Yealm Fishery and other
similar rivers in South Devon.
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