Latest Posts Under: Grayling Fishing

Good to see you at Christmas, as you saw for yourself, I did manage to get out after grayling, see report below: Unlike Dorset’s roads, the river was clear and looking ideal on Christmas Day and Boxing Day, but turkey had to take priority over grayling.  By 27th, the melt had begun, leaving a short window …

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The AGM for me is not just the Annual General Meeting, but time for Another Grayling Mission (weather permitting). By AGM day the snow had gone, the water had cleared and the sun was shining, but it was still extremely cold. Things were very lean to start with, the only signs of life being snipe …

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After being stuck in the house for two days because of the snow blocking our road from the outside world, I finally was able to escape to the river for a fish. My temperature gauge measured a chilling -4c as I parked and tackled up.  I tied on two small glass bead PTN’s and fished up 100 …

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John You were right, the river was in good condition at the weekend, relatively clear and not too high. The temperature was up to 7oC, so my warmest outing of the grayling season. The question was, would I be able to hook up with the lady of the stream on Valentine’s Day, and would sweet …

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John, I had a couple of grayling trips on Sunday 10 and Monday 11 Jan (yes it was cold). On Sunday I didn’t have much time and was struggling to find any fish, when a good-sized grayling hit the nymph hard, raced across the stream and jumped out of the water, so I could estimate …

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John, Following Doug’s post on the Club’s blog, the member to which he referred I guess was me. Derek and I had a very enjoyable, if cold, morning looking for an elusive winter grayling on the lower water on the 28th. The best of two fish caught was a 16in beauty which the attached photo …

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John, I didn’t manage to get out fishing on Christmas or Boxing Day, but made it to the river at last with my brother John on 27th December. As you know, the water was high but relatively clear, so we were hoping to catch on the 5# rod with a heavy nymph. It took 3 …

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Just back from a very pleasant morning fishing for grayling – I only managed to catch two small grayling, but it was good to blow a few cobwebs away.. December SunPermissive Access

My guest Andy had heard about the huge Frome Grayling but despite many hours of helping me on the Wylye I hadn’t got round to inviting him down in the winter for a crack at them. With a small window left in the season and the Frome fining down just in time we set off …

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George was down again to try & land a 3lb+ grayling; conditions could not have been any better, river was full but clear – the sun was shining brightly, giving an early spring feel to the day… From Dorchester Fishing Club 2009 But after fishing from 8am to 11am, we hadn’t landed or even had …

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