Latest Posts Under: River Work

Willow flow deflectors

October 13, 2006 / John Grindle / 0 Comments

Today we had a small work party and managed to build two flow deflectors as part of our lower water project, many thanks to all those involved!

Riffles finished

October 11, 2006 / John Grindle / 0 Comments

Today was rather a damp one, but we managed to finish putting in the third riffle, and re profile of the ajacient bank, as you can see from the picture the swans approve. Douglas Kite from English Nature payed us a visit early in the day and was as excited as i am about the …

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Riffles Riffles and Riffles

October 10, 2006 / John Grindle / 0 Comments

Today we worked from dawn to dusk. We had visitors from the Environment Agency and English Nature, both bodies appeared to be pleased with the progress so far. We then had a visit from the gravel lorries, dropping off 200 tonnes of finest Dorset riffle material, and believe it or not we didnt upset any …

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Looking Good and Good Hatches!

October 10, 2006 / John Grindle / 0 Comments

Called in on the river improvements on the Lower Water this evening and found John Aplin driving a dumper truck with a huge grin on his face. The works are going extremely well and hopefully fingers crossed they will be completed by the weekend. The diggers have contoured long lengths of the Lower Water and …

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Bockhampton project

October 9, 2006 / John Grindle / 0 Comments

Today was another leap forward for the clubs on going commitment, to conservation work on it’s fishing. At 8am today the arrival of a 15 ton digger and a 9 ton dumper signaled the start of the creation of 207m of wet margins, Joe expertly maneuvered the machine to carve out a graded bank down …

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Works Update

October 6, 2006 / John Grindle / 0 Comments

The lower water is ready for the arrival of all the large machinery on Monday the 9th October, to create the 3 riffles, 3 willow groynes, and to re profile 200m of river bank, we also hope to have a fair bit media coverage, the start (ok a week later, due to weather) is a …

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Electrofishing Day

September 25, 2006 / John Grindle / 0 Comments

Misty Morning The morning was still but very misty as we all met at Lower Bockhampton and the expectation was that the sun would burn through later in the morning. The kit and boat were unloaded and we were ready to go. As in the past few years we were joined by Anton Ibbotson and …

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Lower Water Works

September 22, 2006 / John Grindle / 0 Comments

The river improvement works will be starting on the 2nd October. There will be a digger on site, so fishing on the Lower Water will be effected. But please do pop along to see the work, I’m sure they will find you something to do….

Fence Removal (Day 2)

August 5, 2006 / John Grindle / 0 Comments

We removed a lot of the fence on the friday, and even more on the saturday, infact we completed the task by mid afternoon. The GangFence removal, easiest way to remove the old posts was to drive the old drover straight over them, a huge thank you to all those who helped make it a …

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Fence Removal

August 4, 2006 / John Grindle / 0 Comments

First of the two day working party to remove the fence down at Lower Bockhampton. Met up with John and was good to see Dave Rabson who’s on the waiting list coming out to help. We cut through the fence and heading up to the top to work back down. We were going well, one …

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The Club

The Club is a private one, founded in 1877, of approximately sixty-four members and six Town Rod subscribers. The Club’s waters consist of about 12 miles of wild brown trout & grayling fishing in the main River Frome, River Cerne and River Piddle, together with attendant carriers and side streams. The waters extend both above and below the town of Dorchester and the Club employs a part-time keeper.

Day Tickets

Price £70 per ticket per day or three days for £140

Day Tickets are only available during the trout season and only on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays & Bank Holidays. (season 1st April – 14th October)

Illegal Fishing

The Police have made it quite clear that poaching is a crime in progress covered by the 1968 Theft Act. Members should always call 999 to report it and not phone the keeper. Without a report the police will not be aware of the extent of a problem.

If possible note or photo vehicles.

Stress if you are vulnerable/elderly or at risk of intimidation..

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River Levels

River Level @ Maiden Newton
River Level @ Louds Mill
River Level @ Stinsford
River Piddle Level

Cormorant Watch

Angling’s representative body, the Angling Trust, has a web site for anglers to record sightings of cormorants, goosanders and mergansers throughout the UK: www.cormorantwatch.com The site is easy to use and will gather vital data to help persuade government of the need for action to protect fisheries.

Biosecurity for Anglers

Invasive plants and animals can carry diseases that kill fish, block waterways and banks, interfering with fishing. They can be small and hard to spot, so are easily spread on damp clothing and equipment. Protect the environment and fishing you enjoy, by keeping your kit free of invasive plants and animals.
To find out more please visit
the NNSS Website

Casterbridge Fisheries

Frome, Piddle & West Dorset Fisheries Association

Dorset Wildlife Trust

Westcountry Rivers Trust


Environment Agency


Wild Fish


The Wild Trout Trust

Angling Trust


Dorset Chalkstreams Club