Fly Fishing for Educated Wild Trout & Grayling in UK
Very low flows, gin-clear water, no significant fly hatches & fishing for wild, educated fish resulted in some potentially frustrating fishing. A stealthy approach was again paramount & my ...
5 problems with fly line design and the broken AFTM system.
"I can, today, can manipulate shape, specifically the rear taper and 'high point' of a line to change the perception of weight, more than the actual weight of a line. So, the diameter and changing ...
My best Tenkara flies & spiders for Autumn & Winter
I have done some fishing with the reverse-hackled Sakasa Kebari flies that many Japanese Tenkara fishers use. These are very similar to our traditional North Country Spiders but with the soft hackl...
Grayling flies | Aphids, what pattern and how to fish them.
Trout and grayling can become totally preoccupied on any super-abundant tiny food source to the exclusion of all else. These include Caenis spinners, Chironomid Midges (particularly adults and pupa...
Carp on fly | I nearly snap a £900 cane fly rod on this carp
I use a cane / bamboo fly rod to catch carp. It's a very light line 8' #4 fly rod built by Rawson in UK. I am using a Short Head #4 fly line by Sunray and a single deer hair fly.
How to Euro Nymph | European Nymphing in Croatia
My fly of choice was a size 14 pheasant tail Frenchie. One of my favourite grayling nymphs! Natural with a hint of colour for a trigger point. With a 3.5mm bead the fly made a small plop when it hi...
How to fly fish | Big flies or small flies?
I started fishing with a size 24 short shank CdC IOBO Humpy & for an hour had repeated rejections from the fish. They would often come & inspect my fly only to turn away at the last moment.
How to fish blobs on stillwater using floating & sinking fly lines
Fishing blobs stillwater style. The humble blob fly is a pattern that is commonplace in most Stillwater anglers fly boxes. Iain Barr blobs are popular as are Fulling Mill blobs. Every competition a...
The French leader was ideal because it allowed me to reach spookier fish from distance with minimal surface disturbance, as well as utilising European nymphing techniques in the deeper pools and p...