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How to Tie. The Shuttlecock CdC Fly | No 1 Imitative Dry Fly
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How to Tie. The Shuttlecock CdC Fly | No 1 Imitative Dry Fly

Fly tying is an art, with some folks like Oliver Edwards & Steve Thornton producing unbelievably realistic imitative patterns; however I’m one of those tiers that seek to produce the simplest p...

AllMicro Flies For Grayling & Trout

Micro Flies For Grayling & Trout

The fish was actively feeding but my offering was studiously ignored. Shrimps in a range of hues from subtle tan to garish pink received the same disinterested response, as did Peeping Caddis, Blac...

AllTactics For Large Wild Trout & Grayling

Tactics For Large Wild Trout & Grayling

Water levels were very low & for optimum success I had to fish with 1 weight or zero weight Sunray Jeremy Lucas, delicate presentation lines & 12 to 14’ leaders ending in 8x tippet & a ...

AllFishing Chalk Streams Versus Spate Rivers | Different Tactics

Fishing Chalk Streams Versus Spate Rivers | Different Tactics

Sight-fishing with nymphs is particularly skillful as it requires the ability to determine the precise location & depth of the fish, calculating the effects of refraction which makes a subsurfa...

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AllSuper light fly fishing with dead fall nymphs & indicators

Super light fly fishing with dead fall nymphs & indicators

Over the winter I’d usually have been sight fishing with tiny Buzzer Pupae (size 24 to 30) or Micro CdC Midges, but this winter I have had to be very versatile. During the periods of heavily colour...

AllMy favourite types of fly fishing by David Southall

My favourite types of fly fishing by David Southall

 Now, over 20 years later & with many thousands of trout, grayling & char, plus numerous coarse fish caught on fly gear I have mellowed & what I want out of my fly fishing has changed s...

AllTackle & Technique developments in fly fishing

Tackle & Technique developments in fly fishing

The place that fly fishing occupies in my life is impossible to describe; deeply personal, as it is for any one of us. It has become somewhere I go, on waters I love so much, where I can do exactly...

AllMayfly fly fishing. Duffer's fortnight. Dry fly fishing at it's best

Mayfly fly fishing. Duffer's fortnight. Dry fly fishing at it's best

‘Duffers’ Fortnight’ in late May & into June is supposed to be when trout are at their easiest to catch on rivers that have good Mayfly (Ephemera danica) hatches, but this is not always the cas...

AllFly Fishing on windy days, how to catch

Fly Fishing on windy days, how to catch

Whilst I have come to prefer rods with a softish, progressive action for most of my fishing, when casting in a strong wind I find that a short, crisp actioned rod is a more suitable tool for the jo...