The River Beckons

The Wild Trout Trust's annual auction provides a lovely way to experience 'once in a lifetime' days on far off, private waters. In this year's auction, I spotted a new opportunity - a day for two on the River Stour in Dorset. Bjorn Annegarn wades in the Dorset Stour I reached for Rangeley-Wilson's defining bible and found the Stour included in the ranks of the chalkstreams, even if it came with something of a caveat:  "For a few miles between Blandford and Wimborne the Stour carries so much chalk water that it is to all intents and purposes a chalkstream. It has all the characteristics of one in May, though its personality will change in February." I enjoy fishing new chalkstreams - something which is becoming ever more difficult with each passing year as the main, publicly accessible rivers are exhausted. Unlocking the more obscure chalkstreams is quite fun in its own way.   After some furious last-minute bidding, I won. I was pleased that credit card sta...