Month: May 2007

30th May 2007 I had hoped to come down for a week at Mayfly time fishing with David Lloyd. However due to a daughter getting married I could only make two days. David and I arrived at Whitfield Hatches at about 4.00 pm it had been raining very hard in the morning and we were …

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I fished the river above Grey’s Bridge yesterday afternoon and this morning I fished bits of the Wrackle and the upper water. The first thing to be said is the the Mayfly, although sparse, are still on the water and the trout are still taking them. Yesterday I caught and returned 5 fish although the …

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23rd MAY.My much anticipated Mayfly break at last, with blog reports over a week earlier of good hatches, adding to my enthusiasm, high temperatures and bright sun greeted me and my rod share guest, but the river looked good, although lower than you would expect after such a wet winter, thanks to the 8 week …

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At last a cooler start to the day and first we had to clear up at 10 Hatches. Unfortunately we hadn’t been invited to the party, we were just left to clear the mess!!! (Many thanks to Adrian for his help) Dam Another Empty One! He also showed me the shucks stuck on the hatches, …

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I fished the lower and middle waters yesterday and today I fished the Poundbury stretch up to the bypass. Yesterday I saw very few mayflies hatching but this was probably a result of the grey cool weather. However, the trout were in their feeding positions and ready for the mayflies to appear. Speculative casting into …

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Hi John Just wanted to report a cracking afternoon on Monday. I spent a few hours fishing the upper water with my father, who’s relatively new to the fly fishing game. After a drizzly first half, we spotted a good rise to Mayflies just upstream of the railway bridge, in a secluded pool; the fish …

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Ladies and Gentlemen I have just had the best evenings fishing ever on the Frome, all fish were taken on a dry Mayfly, the fish were desperate for it, I fished about 100m of the river and returned about twenty fish to well over a pound and all on my little one weight!!!