As some of you may know, I returned to the River Garry after a gap of around twenty years. Now,... Read More
What I am going to propose to the readers here may or may not be a new concept to you.... Read More
The modern river fly fisher exists at a boundary state, right on the cusp of control. There is a vast... Read More
March Browns have appeared on almost every day I have been out lately on Eden. No matter what the farms... 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
A Year to Remember 2009 might even be regarded as a vintage year, in my view. The bulk of my... Read More
“What an extraordinary year with a fly rod it has been! While much of the autumn has been spoiled because... Read More
I never really agree with the cliché that there is nothing new in the sport. That would be to deny... Read More
The interest and development in leader-only techniques are accelerating rapidly. It has been the influence of the European river masters,... Read More
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
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
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
The concept and development of the leader to hand technique that Jeremy Lucas has been explaining over his past few... 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
In several of the practice sessions for last year’s European Championships in Norway, I spent quite a lot of time... Read More
Tactical While never happier than wading my river hunting for wild trout and grayling, I have to admit that much... 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
Micro Dry Fly It is a somewhat surprising fact that few British anglers actually fish to the size of the... Read More
The Washing Line Rig I promised to write up about the National Final on Bewl this weekend with specific reference... Read More
There are so many angles to consider: so much to work out in order to put the fly where 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