Hi all, I am moving near sutton bingham res, at the moment the season fee is £380. can anyone please let me know if its worth this money. I a more into river fishing but can,t find any waters near by that hold trout. I am moving to yeovil.
can anyone let me know if sutton is worth the money, or are there any river sites near by. i have looked all over the net without any luck.
thanks, michael

Hi Michael,

I fished Sutton Bingham once when we go rained off the Frome and can't say I was particularly impressed. It's not really fair to judge a venue on one visit and my view maybe tainted by the idiothole who drifted his boat 20 yrds out along the shore and over my line... That said, Brain Clarke writes fondly of Sutton Bingham in his book 'The Pursuit of Stillwater Trout'.

I can recommend Clatworthy just the otherside of the M5, a beautiful lake with great fishing.

Also worth looking at is the Taunton Flyfishers club who have great trout and seatrout fishing on the Axe.

Michael,Although i now work in Oxford i come from that area and have fished and know people that fish it regulary. It is a well run water with a good club house and prices are subsidised so are good value. Saying all that it does fish hard this time of year. You do have Flowers farm not far up the road from there near to the Clay shooting ground on the A37. As for river fishing you have the frome which wrackleford estate have four miles of on a day ticket. A little costly but managed more on the lines of the river Test. Mown banks and seats along the way. They have a web site. I think Dorchester angling club also allows some day tickets on their waters. Hope this helps

Thanks,
I looked at the tauton web site, membership full,wrackleford estate is to much for me as I am not a very good fisherman, and just enjoy being near the water.thanks anyway.
michael

Sutton Bingham is the water I started fly fishing on in 1980
The Sutton Bingham written about by Brain Clarke in 'The Pursuit of Stillwater Trout' is a very different Sutton Bingham to the one you will find today. Back than the water was generally clear and had huge banks of weed. The fly hatches were fantastic - buzzers, sedges, damsels as well as masses of shrimp. The silt was crawling with life. Then the coarse fish (carp and roach) turned up, the weeds vanished and the water took on the colour of milky tea.
That said the carp and roach numbers have dropped off over the years and there are plenty of trout to be caught, the water's still murky though.

If you prefer rivers then you probably wont like it, I don't any more!


Andy

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