The Washing Line Rig I promised to write up about the National Final on Bewl this weekend with specific reference... Read More
Yesterday, the 27th October, Enoka caught her first Wye double-figure barbel. She wouldn’t weigh it, but I’m guessing 11 pounds,... Read More
Tactical Wading continued……. At talks and presentations, or guided fishing, throughout last summer and this autumn, I have been asked... Read More
Contrasts – Competition and Conservation In a rough and tumble, helter skelter spring with a fly rod; from deep cold... Read More
Tactical Wading Having just given a CPPD presentation to the Game Angling Instructors Association (GAIA) on nymph fishing, with particular... Read More
Improved Take Detection I wrote before about sensitive take detection and its importance in hard fished waters where we have... Read More
Jeremy Lucas looks at some of the most consistently challenging fishing he has ever found – on the Artois chalk... 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
Accuracy Rivers all over Britain have been steadily falling this spring. Here on Eden we have had more than six... Read More
Watching Pascal, I saw him catch 30 grayling in an hour, from really rather challenging water, missing very few, all... Read More
The concept and development of the leader to hand technique that Jeremy Lucas has been explaining over his past few... Read More
Spring on Eden “You have to be in the right place at the right time” says Jeremy Lucas talking about... Read More
This month Jeremy lucas takes an in-depth look at fishing the duo, or nymph under dry, and offers some timely... 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
Dry Fly It strikes me that in all the trips to the river (almost daily for an hour or two)... 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
What a strange winter it has so far been; mild and stormy with many of our rivers unfishable for very... 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
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
What I am going to propose to the readers here may or may not be a new concept to you.... Read More