Since my recent piece on the Exe I’ve been made aware of RETA, and many thanks for that Godfrey! The... Read More
Stephan Gian Dombaj travels the world fly fishing and taking photographs that capture both the spirit of the destinations he visits and also the species of fish he seeks there. In his first of a regular series for Fish&Fly he shares his love for the Rio Gallegos of Patagonia and its spectacular and often giant seatrout. Read More
The Tug is The Drug by Chris Santella They Say “These thirty-seven stories take readers from leaping makos near the... Read More
The owner was initially was going to try eBay, however when he considered listing 95 items, taking approx. 500 good... Read More
Mid-July, down here in Devon, on the Exe where temperatures hit 30 degrees plus most of yesterday afternoon. The whole... Read More
GETTING ORGANISED A big mistake I see people making is not getting their gear properly laid out when they set... Read More
Illustrated by Marvin Huggins. First published 2020. Available from Amazon at around £9.50 pp164 A strange one this. It is... 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
Bonhams auctioneers in Edinburgh are holding a sporting sale on the 23rd May 2017 which contains several important items of... Read More
The team at Fish and Fly and our extensive membership have for many years supported various conservation charities not least... Read More
ROD HISTORY The first 13ft float rod I proudly purchased was a fibreglass Hardy Matchmaker. I spotted one in the... Read More
Well, what a complete treat. Had it not been for the admirable John Stephenson of Thomas Turner, I wouldn’t even... 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
www.avonroachproject.co.uk A book review should be objective and the reviewer should be as invisible as possible. However, in the case... Read More
The team at Aardvark McLeod are delighted to bring exciting opening week reports from both Alphonse Island and Farquhar Atoll in the Seychelles.
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We anglers are some of the nicest, most helpful and cheeriest people you could ever wish to meet by the waterside. Well most of us anyway! Once in a while one person stands head and shoulders above us all. Sadly, a few years ago we lost that character. Read More
I have just returned from attending what was billed as the Ultimate Atlantic Salmon-fishing Course on Russia's Varzuga river. Apart from giving me the chance to catch numbers of salmon in a day that in Scotland one would hope for in a week (or month), the course gave me the perfect chance to test out for Fish and Fly, Patagonia's new Rock Grip (aluminium bar) wading boots and also their new wading Crampons too. Read More
Hay on Wye is that charming town straddling the river and the England/Wales boundary. We all know it for its... Read More
Steffan Jones, from Aardvark McLeod, talks about some of the fishing opportunities that can be found in Tierra del Fuego, from monster sea trout to king salmon and rainbow trout.
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Trout & Salmon magazine announces donations of £19,096 following success of the ‘Save Our Salmon’ campaign. Read More
Edited by Peter Wheat Published by Frederick Warne, 1967. 18/- (90p) There are many copies of this seminal book on... Read More