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AllEpiside 12 - Nymphin'

Episide 12 - Nymphin'

Tom shows us his nymphing line / indicator / tippet / fly rig and tells us what makes a fly line sensitive.

AllHow to handle the fish you catch

How to handle the fish you catch

How to handle fish properly. Thanks to advances in techniques including Euro nymphing/Czech nymphing & Micro Thin lines, plus the resurgence of the ancient technique of Tenkara, we are catching...

AllBarbel on Streamers

Barbel on Streamers

I must confess to be a dry fly addict, generally only turning to subsurface tactics as a last resort. I am also a light-line, delicate presentation addict so rarely fish with lines over 3 weight...

AllWillow Grubbers in New Zealand

Willow Grubbers in New Zealand

"One very hot, frustrating, day I noticed a couple of good fish sipping deep under some overhanging willow trees. Crawling behind cover to within a few feet of them I could clearly see they were fe...

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AllAnts, my favourite patterns

Ants, my favourite patterns

When fishing the dry fly most of my fish come to 4 very basic patterns; a variant of Jack Tucker’s CdC IOBO Humpy, a simple CdC Shuttlecock, Marjan Fratnick’s F Fly & a basic Elk Hair Caddis ti...

AllGammarus / Shrimps

Gammarus / Shrimps

Gammarus imitations will catch fish throughout the year. However, I much prefer to fish the dry fly, but particularly when winter grayling fishing a shrimp pattern is often on my cast.

AllDriffield Beck - A piece of fly fishing history.

Driffield Beck - A piece of fly fishing history.

Driffield Beck and its smaller sister, Foston or Kelk Beck are the most northerly chalk streams of any significant size in the UK. The fishing on the Beck is famous worldwide.

AllFishing Micro-Brooks

Fishing Micro-Brooks

I love fishing tiny brooks, so small & often so overgrown that virtually nobody else considers them to be worth fishing.

AllItalian Casting, Jungle Fishing, Wind & Spooky Trout

Italian Casting, Jungle Fishing, Wind & Spooky Trout

Let’s start by looking at the basic principles of the Italian Casting Style as taught by Massimo Magliocco, one of Italy’s top casters.