Klean Kanteen TKPro Insulated Flask – 100% Plastic Free! Keeping warm on those winter days out by the riverbank or... Read More
Hello everybody. This week’s chunk of guff is brought to you live on Talksport 2 from our kitchen floor, where... Read More
Shalom, Sukoon and Howdy Doo! And so to business. Maisie popped in last week with the dimensions of the logs... Read More
Story and photos by Chase & Aimee Bartee Fishing can mean a lot of different things to a lot of different... Read More
I have had the privilege of fishing one of the classic salmon rivers of Scotland. Not merely that but on... Read More
Well it’s all been a bit of a whirl and a whorl here of late dodging the odd insignificant shower... Read More
Published in: Members ArticlesTraumatised By Tailing Loops? Often wrongly referred to as wind knots in the leader, tailing loops are a common problem that affect many anglers as they progress from beginner to intermediate. A tailing loop is where the top of the fly line crosses the bottom of it twice when casting, resulting in… Read More
Malcolm Dutchman – Smith I always enjoy reading Andrew Douglas – Hume’s weekly editorials on “Tweedbeats” (http://www.tweedbeats.com/news) as they are... Read More
We live in difficult and uncertain economic and environmental circumstances and despite all the efforts being made salmon stocks are... Read More
Like football fans and their favourite teams, many anglers maintain surprising loyalty to the beats and rivers they visit, even... Read More
On me everyone as there is much to discuss. But first a word from our sponsor… The Husqvarna 365 is... Read More
Thomas Turner Fishing Antiques, part of the Fish and Fly Group of popular international fishing website and community forums, has... Read More
What the book cover says: This book traces the history of salmon fishing on the river Thurso in Scotland from... Read More
Published in: Members ArticlesSpider fishing Spider fishing's tradition goes back century's. The origins of the simple north country spider wet fly pattern – often referred to as the ‘soft hackle’ fly – can be traced back to early 19th Century Yorkshire, when descriptions appeared in an 1807 manuscript by Ilkley farmer John Swarbrick. But it… Read More
What the Publisher Says Today is Art’s favourite kind of day. He loves driving down to the river with Mom,... Read More
I have never forgotten the first time as a barrister I addressed a jury on behalf of a client. It... Read More
By Malcolm Dutchman-Smith In the course of the present century the name of Eddie McCarthy has become synonymous with the... Read More
We all face difficult choices in life, some of which have to be made in the heat and stress of... Read More
Published in: Members ArticlesHow to tie the Davy knot The Davy knot was created by Davy Wotton and boast an extreamly high breaking strength. It is used for tying the fly onto the leader and it is much smaller than most other knots so it does not impede the action of the fly as it… Read More
Published in: Members ArticlesThe Roll-Cast Pick-UP When visiting stillwaters, I quite often see beginners retrieving far too much fly line through the rod tip. This invariably results in far too many false casts to try and get a sufficient amount of fly line back out through the rod tip rod to load and deliver the… Read More
Published in: Members ArticlesFly Fishing for Kingfish in Sydney Harbour King for a day! I had made the journey once again to other side of the world, and this time round, I was not going to miss the opportunity to hook up with Justin Duggan (JD) from ”Sydney Fly Fishing” . Justin made the booking… Read More