River Frome
Waddock Farm
Waddock Farm is a fishing beat on the River Frome. Club members only. Members can sign a guest in, so an introduction is the usual way on.
How to book
Fishing details
Waddock Farm at a glance
- Rods
- Up to 2
- Difficulty
- Adventurer (3/5)
- Length
- –
- Water type
- main river
Fishing methods
Fly methods
Fifteen hundred metres of single bank main river and 300 metres of the North Stream, a little way downstream of the club’s Tincleton water. This is prime middle Frome chalk stream and the club rates it as some of the best brown trout and grayling fishing on the whole river.
From April to mid-October it is game fishing only, traditional tackle and methods, no exceptions. The fishery is split so that you can have it either way: the Upper beat is bookable and exclusive to up to two rods for the day, while the Lower beat and the North Stream are left open so a member can turn up without planning ahead. The carrier fishes quite differently from the main river and is the better option when the main channel is up.
From 15 October to 14 March specimen grayling take over. Coarse methods are allowed then, but the club asks members to float fish for them rather than leger or use a swimfeeder, to keep the damage down on a wild stock.
Stocking and fish species
Rules and policies
Fishing rules for Waddock Farm
Game fishing 1 April to 14 October, traditional game tackle and methods only. The Upper beat must be booked through the Clubmate app and there is no access to it unbooked during the game season; the Lower beat and the North Stream stay open for members to drop in. Coarse fishing 15 October to 14 March, and the club asks that grayling are float fished only, no leger or swimfeeder. No spinners, spoons or devon minnows when lure fishing. No dogs on any river section.
Where Waddock Farm is
The beat's boundary, with parking where we have it.
50.71831, -2.28859
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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
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