Hawthorn Flies & Black Gnats - Terrestrial Flies
Late April is the start of ‘Terrestrial Time’. The 25th of April is St. Mark’s Day, the time when the Hawthorn Fly (Bibio marcii) traditionally appears. Some years there is a glut of these relativ...
Large Dark Olives for dry fly fishing
Grayling have been rising to microscopically small midges & I’ve usually had to drop down to size 30 CdC flies to consistently tempt the fish. This has necessitated the use of soft actioned lig...
400 species of Chironomid. What to use?
It always amazes me how few fly fishers fish with tiny Midge imitations, particularly in winter when Midges are generally the only flies to hatch. There is not a single day in the year that some Mi...
Fly Fishing in Montana, my Nirvana...
On the spring creeks, tributaries of the Yellowstone River at Livingston, (Armstrong & De Puys) we encountered hot, sunny weather with a brisk wind during the middle of the day. Surface activit...
Fly fishing for David Southall is about people. Fly Fishing is less about the catching and it is, for David, about who he meets. Fly fishing in the UK especially has a special meaning for people.
Tenkara fishing with its short, fixed line has taught me a lot about the advantages of fishing at close range. Even before my introductory forays into Tenkara I was aware of many of the advantages ...
To effectively fish tiny flies to spooky fish in low, clear, slow-flowing water requires extreme stealth both in the angler’s approach & his or her presentation of the fly, plus, of course, in ...
F Flies, Simple & Very Effective (If Well Presented)
With all my CdC dry flies I use Roman Moser Miracle Float, a brilliant floatant recommended to me by Stuart Wardle & available from him at the Durham Fly Fishing Company. When my fly has become...
Review of ZERO 10'6"-11'6" #0 Hybrid Quiver Tip technology
The design of the rod is radical, being based on Quiver Tip technology taken from coarse fishing ledger rods. It comes in 6 pieces (4 lower hollow sections & 2 solid carbon tips that slot into...