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Pon my soul: Fly fishing for whopping tarpon in the Florida Keys

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

John Bailey

Passion for Barbel… In Wild Waters

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

Fly fisherman Lawrence Greasley contemplates the island water at Zaluz on the San River in Poland.

Jeremy Lucas

Fishing on the Frontier – Part 36: An Invitation!

This is your chance to join author, qualified fly fishing instructor and guide Jeremy Lucas on his beloved San River... Read More

Jeremy Lucas

Fishing on the Frontier – Part 16

Micro Dry Fly – Presentation As with any approach, it is the presentation that counts. We are focused here on... Read More

Jeremy Lucas

Fishing on the Frontier – Part 24

August’s Sleeping River Someone I bumped into in Appleby was asking me about where and how best to fish the... Read More

Fishing the San River in Poland - home to this years World Championships

Jeremy Lucas

Fishing on the Frontier – Part 31

World Championship Jeremy Lucas returns with his popular series about the leading edge of fly fishing development and what we... Read More

Neil fishing the Otava - an incredible river with enormous trout and grayling populations

Jeremy Lucas

Fishing on the Frontier Part 51: Where is the Frontier Now?

Jeremy Lucas has just returned from an ‘overwhelming’ two weeks in Czechoslovakia and Poland and opens his account here with,... Read More

Jeremy Lucas

Fishing on the Frontier – Part 37: Leader to Hand

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

Game Angling Instructors Association

The Davy Knot

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

John Bailey

Passion for Barbel… On the Fly

On one of the forums recently interest was raised about the practice of catching barbel on the fly, and its... Read More

Jeremy Lucas

Fishing on the Frontier – Part 4

Stealing the angle As with so much in fly fishing, it is largely a matter of finding the right angle... Read More

Game Angling Instructors Association

The Roll-Cast Pick-Up

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

Jeremy Lucas