River Piddle · Wessex Fly Fishing Trout Lakes
The Bowl
The Bowl is a fishing beat near the River Piddle at Wessex Fly Fishing Trout Lakes. Day tickets from £30.
Pricing and season
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Fishing details
The Bowl at a glance
- Rods
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- Difficulty
- Explorer (2/5)
- Length
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- Water type
- stillwater
Fishing methods
Fly methods
The Bowl is one of the two smallest waters at Wessex Fly Fishing Trout Lakes, at a quarter of an acre, and it's a pool for close, deliberate stalking rather than searching blind. At this size you can see most of what's swimming in front of you, so the fishing is as much about spotting and reading a fish before you cast as it is about fly choice.
The water is usually beautifully clear, which suits a pool this small well, though early in the season it can carry a little colour like the rest of the fishery. Buzzers, pond olives, sedges and damsel flies hatch well, and small, careful patterns, buzzers, goldhead nymphs and damsel nymphs among them, tend to work better here than a big lure fished at range. Rainbow Trout are stocked regularly from 1¾ lb to well over 4 lb, averaging around 2½ lb. A quiet approach and a longer leader pay off on a pool this size.
Tickets start from £30.
Stocking and fish species
Rules and policies
Where The Bowl is
Exact location is hidden at the owner's request. This beat is near the River Piddle at Wessex Fly Fishing Trout Lakes.
Approximate locationThe fishery and river
River
The River Piddle rises from chalk springs near Alton Pancras, high in the Dorset Downs, and runs 18 miles to Poole Harbour, joining the River Frome at Wareham. It flows south at first, then swings east at Puddletown, and runs parallel to the Frome for much of its length, a few miles to the south. Between source and…
Flies for this beat
Expected in October on the River Piddle
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 Piddle and the months it usually runs.
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FAQ
The Bowl FAQs
Practical questions anglers ask before fishing The Bowl, from tickets to tactics.
