What they can give - Reflections on being the England River Manager
As river team manager, I have been privileged to interact with competitors at a personal, fundamental level, and then with the collective of the team, driving towards a single goal.
Myths and Facts - Fluorocarbon, Nylon and Hybrid Tippet
Fluorocarbon is heavier and sinks in water. Yes, this is true! However, will it make a difference? Will it actually bring a nymph to the bottom more quickly than nylon?
Episode 13 - Dries in a flat calm
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Tom shows us his nymphing line / indicator / tippet / fly rig and tells us what makes a fly line sensitive.
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...
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...
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...
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...
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.