My very first cast into Ireland’s massive lough Erne landed me a twenty-five-pound pike. That was two decades ago and... Read More
Tactical While never happier than wading my river hunting for wild trout and grayling, I have to admit that much... Read More
I said that I would go further into presentation, learning from times out there in Europe, particularly on the great... 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
Micro Dry Fly – Presentation As with any approach, it is the presentation that counts. We are focused here on... Read More
Published in: Members Articles‘Pon my soul Initially fly fishing in Cuba, Trinidad & Tobago (my homeland) and other islands, introduced me to the splendor of Tarpon. Tarpon are just so exhilarating, they’re extremely acrobatic and test your tackle, line and knots to the very limit. To coin a phrase “I was hooked” and after many… Read More
Jeremy Lucas continues his exploration of fishing in the Czech Rebublic When we moved from the Otava region deeper into... Read More
Watching Pascal, I saw him catch 30 grayling in an hour, from really rather challenging water, missing very few, all... 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
Jeremy Lucas looks at some of the most consistently challenging fishing he has ever found – on the Artois chalk... Read More
Western European Leaders You will notice that I have persisted with the related subjects of presentation and take detection, and... Read More
So, we’re on the river, in the water, prowling. I like to think that it looks how it feels. Like... Read More
Tactical Wading continued……. At talks and presentations, or guided fishing, throughout last summer and this autumn, I have been asked... Read More
This is your chance to join author, qualified fly fishing instructor and guide Jeremy Lucas on his beloved San River... Read More
Observations from the World Championship It was immensely edifying this year to be able to observe the World Championship, on... Read More
Improved Take Detection I wrote before about sensitive take detection and its importance in hard fished waters where we have... Read More
Micro Dry Fly It is a somewhat surprising fact that few British anglers actually fish to the size of the... Read More
“There are many frontiers in our sport, and there always will be, I suspect.” Former England International Fly Fishing team... Read More
What a strange winter it has so far been; mild and stormy with many of our rivers unfishable for very... Read More
I never really agree with the cliché that there is nothing new in the sport. That would be to deny... Read More
Stealing the angle As with so much in fly fishing, it is largely a matter of finding the right angle... Read More