The Washing Line Rig I promised to write up about the National Final on Bewl this weekend with specific reference... Read More
I enjoyed the privilege of fishing alongside Dave Coster a couple of days last week, just before rain drove the... 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
I said that I would write a piece about the complicated subject of take detection when nymph fishing, particularly on... Read More
A Winter Approach On a trout and grayling river, from November through to the rawness of late winter, you never... Read More
I never really agree with the cliché that there is nothing new in the sport. That would be to deny... 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
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
Watching Pascal, I saw him catch 30 grayling in an hour, from really rather challenging water, missing very few, all... Read More
I have just returned from my best ever trip to the San, which is saying something, because I had thought... Read More
When I’m out there, assessing a section of water on river or lake, I’m always looking for signs, indicators, nuances... Read More
In a landmark part 50 of his ‘Fishing on the Frontier’ series Jeremy Lucas looks at the efficacy of the... 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
“There are many frontiers in our sport, and there always will be, I suspect.” Former England International Fly Fishing team... 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
Contrasts – Competition and Conservation In a rough and tumble, helter skelter spring with a fly rod; from deep cold... Read More
Micro Dry Fly It is a somewhat surprising fact that few British anglers actually fish to the size of the... Read More
by Jeremy Lucas – San River – Part 2 The second part of Jeremy’s first article in his new series for... 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 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
Leader-to-hand Jeremy Lucas reports on more cutting-edge developments bred from the world of competitive flyfishing. The French Leader technique involves... Read More