River Frome · Moreton Estate
Middle Moreton 1
Middle Moreton 1 is a fishing beat on the River Frome at Moreton Estate. Day tickets from £120.
Pricing and season
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How Middle Moreton 1 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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Middle Moreton 1 at a glance
- Rods
- 1 – 3
- Difficulty
- Adventurer (3/5)
- Length
- –
- Water type
- main river
Fishing methods
Fly methods
Middle Moreton 1 pairs a length of the main river with Beat Three on the North Stream, the carrier that runs down the far side of the Moreton Estate's meadow, and it's worth understanding what that combination means for a day's fishing. The main river here carries itself like the middle Wylye: wide, with room to work a longer line and cover fish at distance. Cross the meadow to the carrier and the scale changes completely: it fishes closer to the Piddle, narrow and intimate, where a short cast and quiet wading count for more than reach. A rod with both beats effectively gets two different rivers on one ticket.
The estate is reckoned among the best of the Wessex fishing on the River Frome, and the water holds Brown Trout, Grayling, with an outside chance of a sea trout or salmon working through. Wading is essential across both the main river and the carrier, and all fishing is strictly catch and release.
The season runs mid May to 15 October, later and shorter than most of the Wessex beats, so it needs planning around rather than assuming. Booking is by rod numbers rather than a fixed party size: a single rod, or up to three who know each other, can take the beat early in the season, with pairs and larger groups, up to six rods on a date, given both beats together from June onward. The estate is in Dorset, a short drive from Lawrences Farm, and the hamlet of Moreton makes a good base, with its tea rooms, pub and the church whose windows were engraved by Laurence Whistler.
Day tickets start from £70.
Stocking and fish species
Rules and policies
Where Middle Moreton 1 is
The beat's boundary, with parking where we have it.
50.70756, -2.28050
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
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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Middle Moreton 1 FAQs
Practical questions anglers ask before fishing Middle Moreton 1, from tickets to tactics.
