River Frome
Frome Day Ticket Water
Frome Day Ticket Water is a fishing beat on the River Frome. Day tickets from £70.
Pricing and season
Indicative prices only. This calendar does not show whether a beat is bookable or already booked out, and other prices may apply. Always confirm availability and the final price with the booking provider before you travel.
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How Frome Day Ticket Water compares on the River Frome
Typical, lowest and highest full-day rod, from 23 beats with published day rates
Day tickets on the River Frome run from £30 to £145. The typical full-day rate is around £60, peaking in May.
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Frome Day Ticket Water at a glance
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- Difficulty
- Expert (4/5)
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- Water type
- main river
Fishing methods
Fly methods
Dorchester Fishing Club’s day-ticket water is the main beats of the River Frome and their side streams, running both above and below Dorchester in Dorset. None of the water is stocked, so every fish here, Brown Trout, Grayling, is wild. The club itself dates back to 1877, growing out of an earlier Dorchester Angling Club founded in 1845, and first leased water here from the Duchy of Cornwall.
Fishing is by single upstream dry fly or nymph only, and dogs are not permitted along the riverbank. The trout season runs from April to mid-October, with grayling taking over from mid-October through to the end of February. Day tickets are sold within the trout season only, and then just on Tuesdays, Thursdays, Saturdays and bank holidays, and there is a strict cap on numbers: forty-five tickets a year, two a day, with none issued between 16 May and 15 June, when the water is kept for members through the mayfly.
A three-day ticket is available for £140, useful if you can build a short trip around the fixed selling days. A single day costs £70. Bookings go through John Aplin, who handles day-ticket sales for the club. This is proper wild-fish fishing on a historic stretch, but the limited days and strict method mean it rewards planning ahead rather than a spontaneous visit.
Stocking and fish species
Rules and policies
Where Frome Day Ticket Water is
The beat's boundary, with parking where we have it.
50.71204, -2.41442
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
Frome Day Ticket Water FAQs
Practical questions anglers ask before fishing Frome Day Ticket Water, from tickets to tactics.
