Dorchester Fishing Club

With some drying cold easterly winds we have been burning up some of the massive piles of willow cleared from some of our lovely beats, more to do in the coming weeks, aiming to make our fabulous fishing even better for next season. As always a huge thank you to the additional help and the …

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Something to round up the week 🙂 After a seriously long dry spell we arrived on the Monday morning for the first day of a week of work parties to find a rather coloured and rising river, this has been the course for all of the week, tweaking days to safely fit in with water …

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With the river rising to a dangerous level after last nights storm, a Plan B was required. The work party was diverted to the Southover Beat on the River Piddle for its annual trim. Thanks to everyone who turned up, we really did clear a huge amount of willow… Tomorrows work party is scheduled for …

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An amazing length of the Upper Water has been trimmed back with the help of John Aplin, Kevin Ackerman and big thanks to Colin Hawkins who came along with his slew to help remove the larger trees. Also thanks to all the Members that have been out helping with the work. Still three more days …

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The forecast for today was a little harsh to say the least, gales touching “nine” with heavy rain…. We decided to go ahead with our planned work party on the Lower Water, die hard workers Robin and Bryan (massive thank you) keen to lend a hand, resulting in a great deal of tree trimming…. A …

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Yesterdays work party was spent clearing up a fallen willow after Storm Bronagh and there is still plenty of bank clearing left to do in the next planned day – Friday 12th October – see you there Good work Rob, many thanks – John Aplin