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Spring was definately in the air on Saturday as we grafted on this delightful piece of fishing, a little light tree trimming and lots and lots of pre season banter, I forgot my camera (again) so no before pictures, but I took one or two after pictures today. Many thanks to Jim, Trev, Brian and …

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The last day of the Grayling fishing today, and still the Frome in full spate.I did try the Stinsford last week for pike, but no luck.Well we can all look forward to the beginning of the Trout season now, and I have a couple of dates for your diarys. 29 March Wolften work party 9.00am …

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As keeper, I have to admit that I am guilty of neglecting the river during the month of January, whilst my family and I jetted off to Australia to visit my Brother and his family. During our visit, I was fortunate enough to spend a little of the time fishing and was lucky enough to …

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We had a friendly visit from some of the Environment Agency staff to look at the work now completed on the lower water, there were smiles all round, and they were keen to use our project as a model for future works and to show other land owners the pros of chalk stream improvements.

December is Trout egg time, and I must say that the water levels are perfect this year, the springs at Whitfield Hatches are well and truly flowing, which will give our 25000 eggs all the water they require until they hatch and leave sometime towards the end of Febuary.You could well notice the box on …

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We spent a very productive morning on the Wrackle, all of us building up a sweat on this very mild day clearing over grown willow from the north bank and in turn creating a little more fishing.Sorry no photographs as i forgot my camera!!Many thanks to Peter, Jim and Charles for your hard work.

Last night it rained all night, the river came up a foot, Tony King said two feet he could well be right, either way our new riffles certainly riffled!The revetment work on the lower water is now complete, I just hope the Parr like it as much as the Grayling and Minnows do.John G and …

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The revetment work we are doing on the north bank of the lower water for our good neighbour is coming along very well.Despite a shower or two, there has been a huge amount of willow woven into this structure, I can see every young Salmonid wanting to live here, especially those born in our nice …

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Just been down to see the completed works on the Lower Water; The only bad news is that the fishing won’t get easier – just better! First riffle above Bockhampton Road Second Riffle Start of the Third Riffle (a shoal of trout & grayling have already made it their home!) Looking Downstream from the Metal …

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