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Over the years there has been more British record Grayling caught and written about from the Frome than any other UK river…….Fact. A lovely fish for Stuart. Another fact, is you folks are the ones still able to fish this fabulous river, not only for the Grayling but also for its stunning Brown Trout. Robin …

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John, I managed to get down to the river on Saturday 10 Jan. I couldn’t resist having a go, although I wasn’t sure how long I would last in those temperatures. It was already about 2.00pm and my first cast with heavy nymph to the far bank produced a grayling of about 14 inches. Within …

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The Managing Committee wish all our readers a very Happy New Year – it’s going to be a great year for fishing & river improvements… Just back from my first trip and caught a few small grayling on this very frosty morning…. From Dorchester Fishing Club 2009

Today my good friend George migrated down from Liverpool for a days grayling fishing. George is one of the best grayling fishers in the country and he’s eager to catch his first UK 3lber. He has caught several over 3lb in Scottish rivers, but his best from a UK stands at 2lb 12oz from his …

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This is a brief e-mail to inform you where we are at with the grayling genetics project and to thank you all for your involvement so far. To date, we have collected over 700 samples and these will be sent over to Bangor University today. A post doc will be undertaking the lab analysis work …

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Ten days ago I was contacted by Richard Cove (Environment Agency fisheries scientist) and asked if he could come down and catch 50 grayling!! My first thoughts were, here’s another grayling fisherman’s desperate attempt to get a free days fishing on the Frome. But no, it really was for a scientific study!! He is currently …

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I drove up to Hooke fish farm earlier today and noticed that the Frome was about to burst its banks at Maiden Newton, fortunatly for Trev and his guest the flood water takes a few hours to get below Dorchester. On my return to town I grabbed my camera and went in search of the …

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What perfect still frosty morning greeted myself and my grayling fishing friend George, as we tackled up. The river was in great condition for grayling fishing, still high from the weeks rains, with just a tinge of colour. We were long trotting and it wasn’t long before we had the first hungry fish landed. George …

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John I managed to slink off between 1 and 3pm today what a stunning afternoon, more like April than November without the biting easterly. Fishing around Grey’s Bridge I had grayling and one trout on a killer bug – shouldn’t that be renamed the killer maggot ?! The river was quite low and clear with …

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