Contrasts – Competition and Conservation In a rough and tumble, helter skelter spring with a fly rod; from deep cold... Read More
Dry Fly It strikes me that in all the trips to the river (almost daily for an hour or two)... 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
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
Jeremy Lucas has just returned from an ‘overwhelming’ two weeks in Czechoslovakia and Poland and opens his account here with,... 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
Perhaps this is shameful publicity for the upcoming series of Mortimer and Whitehouse: Gone Fishing that’s on its way to... Read More
Tactical While never happier than wading my river hunting for wild trout and grayling, I have to admit that much... Read More
“What an extraordinary year with a fly rod it has been! While much of the autumn has been spoiled because... Read More
Spring Thoughts Having spent the weekend at the Spring show at Newark, meeting up with so many friends in this... 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
As some of you may know, I returned to the River Garry after a gap of around twenty years. Now,... Read More
March Browns have appeared on almost every day I have been out lately on Eden. No matter what the farms... Read More
Western European Leaders You will notice that I have persisted with the related subjects of presentation and take detection, and... 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
This is your chance to join author, qualified fly fishing instructor and guide Jeremy Lucas on his beloved San River... Read More
I have long been fascinated and driven by what I perceive as the frontier in fly fishing. But there are... Read More
The Washing Line Rig I promised to write up about the National Final on Bewl this weekend with specific reference... Read More
What a strange winter it has so far been; mild and stormy with many of our rivers unfishable for very... Read More
Right now, there is huge excitement about what is happening in this sport we love so much, particularly the single-handed... 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