How many flies should you use per cast?
How many flies should you use per cast?

How many flies should we fish at the same time? There is no set answer to this question since there are numerou...
A deadly buzzer bloodworm fly. How to tie.
A deadly buzzer bloodworm fly. How to tie.

Remembering Dick Walker’s philosophy of caricaturing the natural organism being imitated and using some sort ...
How to get the perfect dead drift using weighted flies & indicators
How to get the perfect dead drift using weighted flies & indicators

The use of metal beads is now standard practice when tying heavy sub-surface flies. Gold Head or Pearl Head f...
Fly casts for difficult situations
Fly casts for difficult situations

 Let’s first consider casting skills for the dry fly angler. Whilst on many still waters much of the time all...
How to Tie. The Shuttlecock CdC Fly | No 1 Imitative Dry Fly
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 realisti...
Micro 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 ...
Tactics 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...
Fishing 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 locati...
Super 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 Midge...
My 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 ...
Tackle & 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 o...
Mayfly 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 o...
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