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Netherwood Mead

Netherwood Mead is Wimborne and District Angling Club’s specimen stretch on the River Stour, upstream of Julian’s Bridge. It’s particularly good in summer, with a hefty resident chub population and a proper mix of coarse and game fish.

Run by Wimborne and District Angling Club · checked 12 Oct 2026 · boundaries only partly described by the club

River level

Measured — Environment Agency

Wimborne gauge

Nearest EA gauge we've matched — it isn't on this stretch, so levels on your peg will differ.

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We don't publish an "ideal level" — nobody can promise one. Flood water is dangerous: if it's up and coloured, stay well back from the edge. Open River Ready

The lowdown

  • This is a club-held section of the Stour at Wimborne, with the fishing rights purchased by Wimborne and District Angling Club back in 1995.
  • The club calls it an excellent specimen stretch. That’s a fair clue that this isn’t just a bend for a few bits and a brew.
  • Chub are the headline act, with resident fish listed to 6 lb or more. Lovely stuff for a bit of trotting or light feeder work when conditions line up.
  • Roach go to 2 lb, bream to 5 lb and perch to 3 lb. A proper mixed coarse-water line-up.
  • There are also specimen barbel to 17 lb or more, so this stretch has some serious grunt in it. Pike are listed to 20 lb too.
  • Dace are present, while brown trout are listed to 5 lb and grayling to 2 lb. The club also lists game fishing for trout and sea trout.
  • Summer is the club’s chosen time to shout about. That’s when the stretch is described as particularly good, so it’s the obvious season to have a proper go.
  • The surrounding Stour country is flat floodplain, with the location described around farm, fishery and market-gardening grassland. Expect a rural setting rather than a built-up town-centre peg.
  • For access, approach Wimborne from Corfe Mullen. There’s a lay-by just before Julian’s Bridge, then walk under the bridge and through the first arch.
  • There’s no confirmed stretch length, peg count, dedicated postcode, night-fishing position or current ticket price on the club information checked. Don’t faff about guessing — check the club before travelling.
  • We're not sure on ticket prices for this one — check with the club or local regulations before you leave.

Methods: A cracking mixed fishery for specimen-minded chub, barbel, bream, perch and pike, with trout and sea-trout fishing also listed. Summer is the obvious window, with your approach depending on which species you fancy targeting.

Access & tickets

Wimborne and District Angling Club fishing access

Club-controlled water. Current access arrangements and any ticket requirement should be checked with the club.

Access is available through WDAC membership, or with a club guest ticket. The official pages do not publish a separate Becketts day-ticket price; check the club’s current ticket arrangements before heading over.

Fish the club names

carp, bream, pike, perch, barbel, trout, roach

Key rules

  • The coarse-fishing closed season is enforced.

Coarse fishing on English rivers is closed from 15 March to 15 June inclusive. That's the law for coarse fish on rivers — it's not a club rule, and game-fishing seasons work differently.

GOV.UK — Freshwater rod fishing rules: when and where you can fish

Where it is

Pins mark the access postcode each club gives, not the bank itself. Exact boundary map: see rights holder.

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