Rain....We need rain

I have been working on the Frome and other fisheries all my life, and for the river to be this low and so empty of weed in April is a great worry for us all!
Like Joe we are stocking over the next few weeks (with his great fish), and have to review where we do it due to water levels.
This is the first forum I have been on so it could take a while!

Hi John, welcome to the forum mate, no doubt i'll be seeing you in a week or so It's so true we need rain so badly, and with the lack of weed on top of this the rivers are in a pretty sorry state. It seems to be the case on a lot of the rivers i've been stocking. The Test Itchen and Avon aren't much better and if this carries on we're gonna be in trouble. I guess the hard winter the reason why we have no weed??? and looking at the forcast for the next couple of weeks it looks pretty dry....

Get ready for the hosepipe ban!

As Joe has said, no forecast of rain for a few weeks.

Fri and sat this week.

Where did you see that?

Or is it just a Royal view?

It might spit a few times but we need a week of proper rain now...

Hi John, nice to see you on this forum

Despite the snow it's been a dry winter and the aquifers are getting low. The Winterborne has been dry through the village all winter - first time since I moved to Dorset. The Stour seems to be OK at present but I noticed how odd the Frome looked the other day - and I'm not talking about the abandoned WW2 shells littering the river bed

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Hi boss...
Just can't get my head around the missing water.

Looking forward to the rain, and stocking...

if it can wait until the 7th May I'm off on me hols it can p*ss down all it likes for that week

If you want it to rain when you're on holiday ...What's the point of going..?

oldage wrote:If you want it to rain when you're on holiday ...What's the point of going..?

allright smartass it can rain all it wants here then if it rains where I am I'll just have to sit in the bar and watch it

surely the bars you go in tend to have the windows blocked out dont they???

When he said he was "coming out".....I thought he ment he was going fishing....!

ArronBarclay wrote:surely the bars you go in tend to have the windows blocked out dont they???

the bars I frequent don't have windows................................................................................................................anymore

The windows have bars instead.

and the walls are padded

Let's hope the floor is as well 'cos we all know you've got falling over down to a fine art.

And as if my magic it started raining....Then stopped!
It can rain all it likes now, its still to late to make any difference to our rivers for this season.......
BUT its not all doom and gloom, the Frome if fishing really well!

John Aplin wrote:And as if my magic it started raining....Then stopped!
It can rain all it likes now, its still to late to make any difference to our rivers for this season.......
BUT its not all doom and gloom, the Frome if fishing really well!

Yeah despite the levels and the lack of weed from what i've heard thee are plenty fish still coming out, so all is not lost.

The Piddle seems to be OK too despite the lower than normal levels I'm supposed to be fishing the Test in late June so I hope there's enough water to make the rod charge worth it...

Which stretch of the test are you fishing Martyn?

joe wrote:Which stretch of the test are you fishing Martyn?

Kimbridge! Would have to be the most expensive beats to fish on wouldn't it Allowed to catch Salmon but got to put them back, can keep up to 4 Trout though

You'll be lucky to catch a Salmon at Kimbridge mate, i worked at Broadlands Estate for 5 years and the most i ever saw caught in a year there was about 18 and thats one up from the sea pool. Some nice fishing though at Kimbridge, No doubt you'll have a good day, let us know how you get on.