The River Bray is a small but surprisingly productive tributary of the River Mole, which itself flows into the River Taw before reaching the sea at Bideford Bay. Rising on Exmoor, the Bray is a classic Devon freestone stream — fast-flowing, richly tree-lined, and teeming with wild fish that punch well above their weight for a river of its modest size. Despite its compact nature, the Bray has earned a strong reputation among fly fishers for offering genuinely exceptional sport under the right conditions, with the possibility of encountering fish considerably larger than what most anglers would expect from a southwest England spate river.