Dorchester Fishing Club

AGM and Fishing for Schools

November 23, 2019 / John Grindle / 0 Comments

Work Party Cancelled

October 22, 2019 / John Grindle / 0 Comments

Autumn Tidy Up

October 20, 2019 / John Grindle / 0 Comments

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 …

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Working Parties – October 2019

October 8, 2019 / John Grindle / 0 Comments

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. …

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Last Cast Supper

September 21, 2019 / John Grindle / 0 Comments

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 …

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Electric Fishing

August 23, 2019 / John Grindle / 0 Comments

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 …

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Team Effort

August 2, 2019 / John Grindle / 0 Comments

A bit of a team effort at Whitfield, trimming back a little overgrown willow, great work Kev, Robin and John

Damsels and Brownies

July 23, 2019 / John Grindle / 0 Comments

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 …

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Last Cast Supper

July 22, 2019 / John Grindle / 0 Comments

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, …

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Summer Fishing

July 19, 2019 / John Grindle / 0 Comments

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 …

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