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...
Some of my best fly fishing comes during the dog-days of mid summer. All that is needed is a careful choice of where & when to fish.
Fishing a lake near me. Manningford trout fishery.
I cast again a little further ahead than I thought necessary and began a very slow figure of eight retrieve just to keep in touch with the fly as I could not see the fish or their reaction. A few m...
Black Gnat Dry Fly Imitation for Dance Flies
I find that a size 18 Black Gnat works as well as any other fly when trout are taking the occasional Dance Flies.
Daddy Long Legs - The Daddy of Dry Flies
Dry fly fishing can be exciting when Daddy Long Legs are hatching. David Southall talks us through the best leader for dry fly fishing, when to use the Daddy as a dry fly and if sunken Daddies are ...
Hawthorn Flies & Black Gnats - Terrestrial Flies
Late April is the start of ‘Terrestrial Time’. The 25th of April is St. Mark’s Day, the time when the Hawthorn Fly (Bibio marcii) traditionally appears. Some years there is a glut of these relativ...
Large Dark Olives for dry fly fishing
Grayling have been rising to microscopically small midges & I’ve usually had to drop down to size 30 CdC flies to consistently tempt the fish. This has necessitated the use of soft actioned lig...
Competition Fly Fishing in Winter
One big brown of about 5lbs hit the back of my net which meant I avoided the blank but the whole side of the lake seemed to be void of fish! Although, the quality of the fish made it worth it.