River Frome
Bhompston Fly Fishers
Bhompston Fly Fishers is a fishing beat on the River Frome. Syndicate members only. Membership is the main route on, but it is worth asking, as many clubs keep guest or taster days open.
Pricing and season
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Season & syndicate rods
Fishing details
Bhompston Fly Fishers at a glance
- Rods
- –
- Difficulty
- Expert (4/5)
- Length
- 0.75 miles
- Water type
- main river
Fishing methods
Fly methods
Bhompston Fly Fishers lies on the River Frome below Lower Bockhampton Lane, deep in Thomas Hardy country, in Dorset. It's syndicate water, booked on an annual subscription for a named day rather than sold as day tickets, and it includes the Gardeners Beat: three quarters of a mile of extra water running upstream of Bhompston Hatches to Lower Bockhampton Bridge.
The fishing runs through pools, glides and riffles, and the water has a reputation for producing Brown Trout, Grayling, some of them genuinely large. Every fish is returned. It can be tough going at times, and the valley itself is quiet, which is as much a reason to fish here as the fish themselves. Brown trout run from April to mid-October, with grayling from mid-June through to mid-March.
Two rods fish per named day, with each rod's annual subscription priced at £490. This is a small, settled syndicate rather than an open day-ticket water, better suited to anglers who want a fixed arrangement on a quiet beat than a one-off visit.
Stocking and fish species
Rules and policies
Where Bhompston Fly Fishers is
The beat's boundary, with parking where we have it.
50.71396, -2.38909
The river
River
England's most westerly major chalk stream, the River Frome rises from St John's Well in the village of Evershot and runs for 35 miles through the heart of Dorset. From Evershot it passes through Cattistock, Maiden Newton, and Dorchester before broadening across a wide flood plain and meandering through West Stafford…
Flies for this beat
Expected in October on the River Frome
Typical months from the river’s hatch calendar, which applies along its whole length rather than to this beat. Not a live report.
Caperer
Sedge · #10-12
Kite's Imperial
Dry fly · #14-16
Daddy Long Legs
Terrestrial · #10-12
Sawyer's Killer Bug
Nymph · #12-16
The year ahead
Full calendarEvery hatch on the River Frome and the months it usually runs.
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FAQ
Bhompston Fly Fishers FAQs
Practical questions anglers ask before fishing Bhompston Fly Fishers, from tickets to tactics.
