Regular readers know that I have been fishing a lot with what I term 'leader-to-hand' in recent years. Indeed, other than on small rivers, I very seldom use fly line at all any more. Read More
Micro Dry Fly It is a somewhat surprising fact that few British anglers actually fish to the size of the... Read More
Spring on Eden “You have to be in the right place at the right time” says Jeremy Lucas talking about... Read More
With over 50 angling records in the books the Islands of The Bahamas are one of the most iconic angling... Read More
Contrasts – Competition and Conservation In a rough and tumble, helter skelter spring with a fly rod; from deep cold... Read More
Fly Fishing guide, instructor and author Jeremy Lucas notes the continued rise in interest in fishing for grayling this winter... Read More
Leader-to-hand Jeremy Lucas reports on more cutting-edge developments bred from the world of competitive flyfishing. The French Leader technique involves... Read More
Micro Dry Fly – Presentation As with any approach, it is the presentation that counts. We are focused here on... Read More
World Championship Jeremy Lucas returns with his popular series about the leading edge of fly fishing development and what we... Read More
The Islands of The Bahamas are regarded as one of the premier destinations in the world for sport fishing. The... Read More
The modern river fly fisher exists at a boundary state, right on the cusp of control. There is a vast... Read More
Spring Thoughts Having spent the weekend at the Spring show at Newark, meeting up with so many friends in this... Read More
Improved Take Detection I wrote before about sensitive take detection and its importance in hard fished waters where we have... Read More
March Browns have appeared on almost every day I have been out lately on Eden. No matter what the farms... Read More
In several of the practice sessions for last year’s European Championships in Norway, I spent quite a lot of time... Read More
Dead-drifting in the Spring After the floods that have characterised this winter, on every river I have fished, and the... Read More
I said that I would write a piece about the complicated subject of take detection when nymph fishing, particularly on... Read More
Tactical While never happier than wading my river hunting for wild trout and grayling, I have to admit that much... Read More
August’s Sleeping River Someone I bumped into in Appleby was asking me about where and how best to fish the... Read More
This month Jeremy is looking at the recent performances of Team England (Fly Fishing) and pondering just what has gone... Read More
Throughout this series, I have tried to bring a glimpse of what is going on at the frontier of fly fishing for trout & grayling, though have not really explored other developments, such as fly fishing for other species and, notably, salt water. I do very little of the latter and there are far more experienced fly fishers in these areas to broadcast what is going on. Read More