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Looks like another front is coming in to spoil the weekend. I will post a report Friday evening on the state of the river.

Unfortunately we have had substantial rain today and the river is up and coloured…

12:30 Just checked out conditions down at Wool Bridge and if we don’t have anymore substantial rain the river will be fine for a weekends grayling trip. 16:30 Checked the River at Lower Bockhampton and it looks perfect for fishing….. Yesterday at Bindon Abbey – many thanks Ben

Went down this afternoon to see if any salmon were coming up over Loud’s Mill; stayed watching for 30 mins, but all I saw was a small trout trying the leap! The river is still coloured, but clear enough to fish a nymph or a worm and if we don’t get anymore significant rain I …

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No fishing today folks.We finished the bank work just in time!!!!

With all the overnight rain, the Frome is up and coloured – time for DIY 🙁

Another wet day, but the Upper Water looks fine at the moment and very fishable, although the Lower Water may be affected by the run off from Dorchester, so beware if your heading down there.JG

River looks fine after the recent rain, but eerily quiet now that the mayfly have finished. There is now plenty of ranunculus which will help with the water level. Now we can start to enjoy the evening rise.

Sorry for the lack of new posts over the past week, but I have been away fishing the rivers of Cumbria. I had an excellent start to the week but this hot weather put paid to any action during the day and fishing was then restricted to the evening rise. Very similar to conditions on …

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10:00 – Another splendid day to be by the river, Pale Wateries are already hatching, Mayflies will join in this afternoon and last evening there was a great spinner fall. The forecast for the next few days is for very warm weather and the river looks perfect, so now is the best time to enjoy …

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