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26 February

Chris Plumb

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River Frome

Worgret 0800 - 1130

Wool 1200 - 1600

 

Bright and sunny after a foggy start - felt positively warm in the sun - had far too much on! :sun: River clear and low.

 

11 Grayling: 10 over 1lb (9 over 1½!). Best 5, 2lb 14oz, 2lb 5oz, 2lb 2oz & 2 at 1lb 14oz.

 

Last trip down to Dorset this winter as the water closes to coarse anglers at the end of Feb. I wanted to give Worgret a proper go this time as it was the colour of milky tea when I came here in November. Some of it looks really nice - lots of long glides with some deep holes on the bends but I fished down the entire length of it for a solitary bite and fish (one of the 1-14s). So whilst I had planned to stay all day here it was a call for an early lunch and off to Wool. Walking back to the car I stopped to chat with another angler who had turned up after me (and was fishing the one spot where I'd caught!) to find he was using the same reel as me - A 1920 Witcher copy! I think most of those that were made have ended up in display cabinets so it was nice to see another angler using one.

 

Being the last Sunday of the Frome season I expected Wool to be quite busy - so was quite relieved to only see a couple of other anglers. I started in the bridge swims but after a biteless ¾hr it was time to move upstream. I had the 2lb2oz fish in the first swim I dropped into - and ended up not moving from that spot for the rest of the afternoon!! In the morning I'd blamed the bright sunshine for the lack of fish - but they didn't seem to put them off here and I had a slow but steady session bringing some fine grayling to the net. The 2-05 and 2-14 were the last 2 fish of a fine afternoon's sport - and seeing the 2-14 twisting in the current I thought this was my 3 at last - alas not to be - but ranks as my 2nd biggest ever - and a grand way to end my first winter on the Frome.

 

Pics of my 2-05

Grayling2-05.jpg

 

And 2-14

 

Grayling2-14.jpg

As usual the buggers wouldn't keep still for the camera!

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MikeT

Hi Chris, for the second time today......

 

The angler you met on the Worgret stretch was myself, and the reel I was using was a Witcher (though it was my Bisterne, not a 1920). After you left, I wondered if it was you I'd met, having seen your face on pics on here, and so I popped on your blog to see if you had been at Worgret today. Sorry I didn't make the connection before you'd left.

 

Well done on your haul at Wool Bridge. I did fish on at that pool on the bend where you caught your solitary grayling of the morning, and guess what, I also caught one there, which also weighed in at 1-14! It was a female, and I wonder if it might have actually been the very same fish- presuming there is only one in that whole stretch! I caught nothing else, and I now wish I'd followed you upstream!

 

Great to meet you, albeit unknowingly, and I'm glad you had a good afternoon on what was a beautiful day here in Dorset.

 

Best wishes,

 

Mike.

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Chris Plumb

Hi Mike - small world eh? Yes my Worget lady was err a lady - must be a mug fish - or the only one in the stretch that was hungry! ;)

 

C.

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