Orvis Day Lettings: Terms and Conditions
These terms are supplementary to our standard Terms of Service. Your statutory rights are not affected.
Operating Times
- Beats are open from 08:30 to dusk.
- Fishing is permitted from 09:00.
- Guide bookings are from 09:00 – 18:00, unless otherwise arranged.
Licensing
- All rods and their guests must hold a current EA fishing licence. This can be purchased online www.environment-agency.gov.uk.
- All applicable by-laws must be strictly observed at all times.
Tackle & Equipment Use
- Fly fishing only.
- Dry flies and nymphs only.
- Natural and imitative fly patterns only.
- Maximum hook size permitted – size 10.
- Equipment is not provided, except by prior arrangement.
Use of Hut and Facilities
- Orvis and its partners, cannot be held responsible for any matters affecting the fishing where circumstances are beyond reasonable control E.G. poor water clarity, flow rate, passing of cut weed etc.
- All catches must be recorded and reported in the on-site register.
- Huts are available to exclusive use bookings only.
- Facilities should be left clean and tidy.
- Huts must be locked when not occupied.
- Orvis cannot be held responsible for any property that is left in the hut or elsewhere on the beat.
- Cars, and their contents, are parked entirely at the owners risk.
- Park considerately and allow space for other guests.
- The use of drones or any flying surveillance devices is strictly forbidden.
- Gates must be locked when leaving the beat.
- Disposable BBQs must not be placed on grass areas or atop picnic tables.
- Service dogs are allowed on the beat, however any other family pets are not permitted.
Payment & Cancellation
- Payment in full must be made at the time of booking. Until full payment is received, bookings are considered provisional and may be cancelled without prior notice. Cancellations made by the client up to 28 days prior to the booking will be subject to a full refund.
- Cancellations made by the client within 28 days of the booking, will not be refundable except where Orvis in its sole judgement finds that there is exceptional justification.
- In the unlikely event of that Orvis cancels a booking, clients will only be entitled to a full refund of the amount paid. Orvis and/or its agents will not be liable for any consequential loss.
- Orvis and its partners reserve the right to change the location and timing of your booking to a venue and/or schedule of similar characteristics up to 48 hours prior to the start of the booking.
Non-Transferability of Booking
- Personal Use Only: Bookings are strictly non-transferable and are for the sole enjoyment of the individual who placed the booking ("the primary booker") and their invited guests, up to the maximum number of guests allowed under the specific terms of the booking.
- Prohibition on Resale or Transfer: The primary booker may not sell, transfer, or otherwise assign their booking, in whole or in part, to any other party for any reason, including for profit or otherwise.
- Guest Limitations: The primary booker must be present on the day of the booking and is responsible for their invited guests. Invited guests must be personally known to the primary booker and may not include persons to whom the booking has been resold.
- Consequences of Breach: Any attempt to sell, transfer, or otherwise assign the booking will result in immediate cancellation of the booking without refund, and access to the beat will be denied to all parties involved.
Kimbridge Only
- Wading is not permitted downstream of the footbridge.
- Up to 2 fish per rod may be retained, after which barbed hooks are not permitted.
- Fish under 10in (24cm) must be returned.
Abbots Worthy Only
- Strictly catch and release.
- Barbless hooks only.