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Despite the chilly weather I had to make a last gasp grayling bash at the weekend before the season closed. The water was quite clear, with a cold wind and bright sunshine. I saw several substantial grayling as I worked my way upstream, but each time they also saw me, which didn’t help. It looked …

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Monday 12th May 9:00 am Gascoyne Bridge, tree trimming, so please bring your waders

It’s been a long winter; I fished hardly at all last season so when I found I had a few hours unexpectedly free on Saturday, I blew the spiders out of my tackle bag and headed to the river. Yes, I know it was raining, but the fish don’t know that. There was a steady …

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A friendly, amateur bit of fun that will be judged at the October 2014 Chalk Stream Club social. You are all invited to take pictures for each of the following categories. 1. Evening Rise 2. Mayfly 3. Trout 4. Grayling 5. Tackling Up 6. Wet 7. Wading 8. Flora and Fauna 9. Water 10. Tackle …

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I had a very pleasant session on the river fishing the Upper Water last Saturday. The water was clear and a reasonable height, with not too much wind. I was hoping for a large trout, having spotted a good specimen there previously, and did manage to spook a few, but none of them the monster …

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Thanks to Bryan & Rob for helping out with the tree clearing above Whitfield Hatches, it was a great mornings work. Sadly we found a dead barn owl, it was ringed and the number has been submitted to the Natural History Museum, it will be interesting to hear where it was originally ringed. *Note: The …

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