Well another season that rather flew by… Now that the mowing and strimming season is over and done with it is nice to get on with some autumnal projects, surprised by the amount of heavy rain over the last few weeks we have had to juggle our days around rising rivers, luckily with the help …
Dear Members – Another whole week of work parties. We have decided to have another full, hands on week cutting back the willow that has gone rather mad over the last few years, encroaching on some of our great fishing and hopefully by letting in some more light we can encourage the Ranunculus to return. …
Hot off the press – Latest news on the Last Cast Supper. Open to all with a passion for our chalk streams. 12th of October at West Stafford Village Hall 7.00pm arrival. Supper served from 7.30pm. Great end of season menu catered by the Wise Man Inn Steak, Portobello mushroom and red wine pie with …
Notification of Electric Fishing and tagging of salmon and trout parr is scheduled to take place on various stretches of Dorchester Fishing Club controlled River Frome between Bockhampton and Gascoigne Bridge on the 5th and 15th of September. We would like to thank you all for, once again, supporting our research. Further information on this …
I wasn’t expecting much from my morning session today. With the river low and clear I thought the trout would be difficult and easily spooked, and they certainly were. Although they were easy to spot all I managed to do in the first hour was send every fish bolting into cover. I found some otter …
I have been mulling over the idea of a Last Cast Supper in October to coincide with the end of the season and well away from the Christmas period. The supper will be open to all club members and attendees of the Chalkstream meetings. When I mentioned this to our esteemed Chairman and John Aplin, …
I thought it was worth a trip to Affpuddle today, even if it is rather overgrown and weedy at this time of the year. The fact it was overcast and a little rain had fallen in the night could encourage the fish to feed. And so it turned out, 19 fish and plenty of good …
The Club is a private one, founded in 1877, of approximately sixty-four members and six Town Rod subscribers. The Club’s waters consist of about 12 miles of wild brown trout & grayling fishing in the main River Frome, River Cerne and River Piddle, together with attendant carriers and side streams. The waters extend both above and below the town of Dorchester and the Club employs a part-time keeper.
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AGM and Dinner - Tues 17th December 2019
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