Dorchester Fishing Club

Founded in 1877
Building our heritage, offering sustainable brown trout & grayling fishing
for this and future generations

Mayfly

June 21, 2019 / John Grindle / 0 Comments

Beware ** UPDATED **

May 25, 2019 / John Grindle / 0 Comments

Lost Net

May 24, 2019 / John Grindle / 0 Comments

A small Orvis Dark Wood scoop net has been lost on the first half of the Affpuddle Beat, please contact me if you have found it john@grhe.co.uk

Early trout and wet feet

April 12, 2019 / John Grindle / 0 Comments

My first short session on the river today and it certainly looked stunning. Blackthorn in flower, swallows over the water meadows, grannom over the water, and a few fish quickly on to them. My first trout of the season wasn’t an especially big one, but it was certainly feisty, leaping all over the place and …

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April 1st 2019

April 1, 2019 / John Grindle / 0 Comments

What a beautiful start to the new season, weather was warm and the river in tip top condition. Although the start of the day was a little chilly to start, with a nasty easterly blowing down the valley. Having tried a sheltered carrier, I then headed over to the main river, it was now warm …

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New Members Day 2019

March 17, 2019 / John Grindle / 0 Comments

A slightly brighter day today.. A very good new members day yesterday despite the gale force winds and drizzle. We took the new rods over to view the Piddle beats first, then back to the Frome, lower water first then leapfrogging various bits, over to view the river Cerne, finishing up at Gasgoyne Bridge right …

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Winters Work Parties

March 12, 2019 / John Grindle / 0 Comments

The last of the winters work parties, a good turnout for some gentle fencing work on the upper water, a bonfire to clear up the remainder of the cut willow and a celebratory pasty and doughnut. A huge thank you to all who turned out to help over the last few months, we have achieved …

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Affpuddle Beat

February 24, 2019 / John Grindle / 0 Comments

The weather for yesterday’s work party could not have been better, glorious warm sunshine. A day’s work party on the delightful Affpuddle beat, a great turn out resulting in a rather productive tree trimming session covering the whole beat apart from a couple of designated sanctuary areas. A few LDO’s hatching for the fish to …

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River Cerne

February 16, 2019 / John Grindle / 0 Comments

We were blessed with early spring sunshine and warmth for our little work party, I had planned to have another go at the trees under Poundbury but as only two keen helpers showed we quickly headed on to the delightful River Cerne, a tree trim on the whole beat was completed, this little gem looks …

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Grayling Social 2019

January 12, 2019 / John Grindle / 0 Comments

Perfect weather for today’s grayling social, it may have only been a small turnout but all methods were covered. We had one long trotting, one fly fishing and one fly fishing for pike. The grayling today preferred bait vs a deep nymph and one resident pike eagerly took a fly cast under a willow tree. …

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The Club

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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Illegal Fishing

If you see any fishing, netting or trapping you think is illegal, please don’t tackle it yourself.
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Cormorant Watch

Angling’s representative body, the Angling Trust, has a web site for anglers to record sightings of cormorants, goosanders and mergansers throughout the UK: www.cormorantwatch.com The site is easy to use and will gather vital data to help persuade government of the need for action to protect fisheries.

Webcam & River Level

River Frome Webcam
River Level @ Louds Mill
River Level @ Stinsford
River Piddle Level

Casterbridge Fisheries

Frome, Piddle & West Dorset Fisheries Association

Dorset Wildlife Trust

Westcountry Rivers Trust


Environment Agency


Salmon & Trout Conservation


The Wild Trout Trust

Angling Trust


Dorset Chalkstreams Club