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Got to the river at 19:30 and had a quick chat with Perry who has been having some fantastic evening and morning fishing this summer. I left him to fish the bend up to the bridge and I started above; not a lot moved until the sun dipped below the trees. First a single rise …

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John, After the fun of the previous evening’s fishing I could not resist another frantic 45 minutes. Again I went down to the Bockhampton stretch arriving at 2000. Nothing really happened until 2040 when the trout started to rise very strongly. They were so intent on taking the small flies that were on the water …

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John I fished the Bockhampton stretch last night. Thanks to the recent bad weather and strong winds it was the first time that I have been out in the evening since early June. The trout started to rise after 2030 and it was the usual problem of trying to be in the right places at …

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John, Nice to see you on the river and that photo on the blog. The blue-winged olives never materialised in the end, but we had some nice trout and a grayling as we moved on up. Vaclav had dreamed all his life of fishing the dry fly on an English chalkstream, but never thought he …

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Got down to Whitfield Hatches at around 7:30, still early and the only thing that was moving were few minnows rising. The river looks really good and the weed growth is certainly keeping the water levels up. Shame about the amount of Himalayan Balsam, we were hoping to get a grant from the EA to …

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My good friend Glyn was down for a weekends fishing – We arrived at Gascoyne Bridge around 8.30 and walked down to Fisherman’s Hut, we kept a good eye on the bull, but he look very tired for some reason! Glyn fished on up and I dropped down a little further. Not a lot of …

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This evening I had the great pleasure to fish with 3 fishermen from Southern Bohemia, who were guests of fellow member Doug Pritchard. Doug & Thomas fished the Lower Water, while I took Vlaldi & Martin up to Whitfield Hatches. Martin fished up above the hatches, while Vladi and I walked down under Poundbury. It …

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