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Hope you like this idea – personal updates from the Fish & Fly editorial team about what we’ve been up to, where we’ve been and more importantly, where we’ve fished.

We'll be telling you about the fish we've caught - and those we haven't.

Feel free to come back to us with your thoughts and ideas: we’re certainly not fishing demigods, just fly fishers like you trying to get a hit, trying to learn and trying to have a bit of fun along the way.

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Recent articles

  The Streamside Guide - Road Trips
May 8, 2009
"I feel like I’ve spent my life in my car recently. This is not the natural habitat of the intrepid Streamside Guide, believe me. But I’ve also had the opportunity to visit some great fishing spots in the process, places I haven’t visited in many years."
  Pope of the Madison
Apr 23, 2009
Fly fishing characters enliven our trips but can of course also prove curious as well as downright difficult also on occasion according to their traits. Streamside Guide, Peter Cammann shares a story of one such character and his experience with the Pope of the Madison.
  The Streamside Guide - Planning the Trip
Apr 15, 2009

"Imagine being spooled by a whale, a couple hundred yards of line flying off the reel and then, “BINK”!"

Peter Cammann shares his thoughts on what fishing he'd like to be doing and recounts a past whale tale.
  The Streamside Guide - Working the kinks out at Luquillo
Feb 18, 2009
The scene - Luquillo Beach - Puerto Rico, the cast - Peter Cammann, the story...... well you'll just have to check inside for this latest installment from the Streamside Guide but it could be classed as drama, adventure and even comedy all rolled into one! Exit, stage left..........................
  The Streamside Guide - Mid-Winter Fly Fishing Doldrums
Feb 9, 2009
It's been a while since we shared a 'Streamside Guide' article from Peter Cammann so I was delighted to receive this recent entry which includes a fly fishing poem by one of his readers which sums up how many of us are feeling right now I expect.
  Are Grayling now under threat from increasing Cormorant numbers?
Jan 9, 2009

"Unprecedented populations of cormorants are threatening grayling populations throughout Europe."

Jeremy Lucas shares concerns being voiced by a growing number of anglers and indeed the European Fishing Tackle Trade Association that game fish populations, and in this case the Grayling in particular are under serious threat based on observations in the field.
  The Glass Half Full
Nov 27, 2008

Jerry Flay is editor of "Reel Life", the anglers newsletter from Fish & Game in New Zealand. He takes a wry look at the current economic meltdown being touted around the world and what effect if any it may have on us fly fishers!
  Invasive species need to 'Get the Boot'!
Oct 17, 2008

The UK has it's own set of problem species such as this Pomphorhynchus laevis - an acanthocephalan or 'spiny-headed' worm that is found in the gut of both freshwater and marine fish.Following the New Zealand Fish & Game Commission's statement banning the use of felt soled wading boots in their country since the 1st October 2008, I contacted our own Environment Agency to get their views on this move and whether we could expect any similar measure in the UK anytime soon?
 
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