River Frome · East Burton Estate
Beat Eight (North Stream)
Beat Eight (North Stream) is a fishing beat on the River Frome at East Burton Estate. Day tickets from £35.
Pricing and season
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How Beat Eight (North Stream) 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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Beat Eight (North Stream) at a glance
- Rods
- –
- Difficulty
- Adventurer (3/5)
- Length
- 1.26 miles
- Water type
- carrier
Fishing methods
Fly methods
Beat Eight, known as North Stream, is a narrow carrier forming one of the estate boundaries, on the River Frome in Dorset. It runs 1 mile, fished from the right-hand bank, with parking shared with Beats Three and Four. This is very much an early-season beat: the stream weeds up as summer goes on, so the best of it comes before the weed takes hold. What it offers is close, careful stalking of wild brown trout and grayling in skinny water, and it's a favourite with anglers who enjoy spotting a fish before they cast to it. In winter, salmon and sea trout use the beat to spawn. The estate maintains a good head of wild brown trout, with light supplementary stocking on the main river, and grayling are plentiful. Fly only is the rule, with careful, accurate presentation counting for more here than on the wider main river. Day tickets start from £40 during the main season. Grayling days are available from £35. Accommodation can be arranged through the estate, and a riverside hamper, lovingly prepared by the estate and full of home-made breads and pastries, can be ordered and delivered to the beat at a time of your choosing.
Stocking and fish species
Rules and policies
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Where Beat Eight (North Stream) is
The beat's boundary, with parking where we have it.
50.68772, -2.24674
The fishery and 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
Black Buzzer
Buzzer · #10-16
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
Beat Eight (North Stream) FAQs
Practical questions anglers ask before fishing Beat Eight (North Stream), from tickets to tactics.
