2020 Favourites – Fish, Flies & Flats Fishing is good for the soul as many enthusiasts will proclaim. Staying active is important for an individual’s overall health and fishing allows one to stay active while doing something they enjoy. Saltwater fly fishing might not be as popular or prevalent as the freshwater versions for a […]
Saltwater Fly Fishing in Southeast USA
6 Tips on How to Become a Better Kayak Angler
Getting out on your kayak with nothing in mind but sitting there for a couple of hours with the wind, the water, and the fish can be one of the most relaxing and memorable experiences you can have. However, if you’re looking to become better at being a kayak angler, then this article will let […]
What is Fly Fishing?
Maybe you’re just beginning to fly fish or maybe you’ve never even heard of it, but either way by the end of this read, you will have a much better idea of what it is, what you need for it and how to do it. What is fly fishing is a simple enough question so […]
The Fly Fishing Absolute Guide
Fly fishing has been around for hundreds of years and many countries around the world have a history of the sport. More so, myriad of people practice fly fishing as a hobby. If would like to learn more about fly fishing from the professionals, see here where you get your complete fly fishing resources like […]
How To Tie The Apache fly (Stillwater)
How To Tie The Apache Fly This pattern combines marabou and rabbit, which makes it highly mobile even with the slowest of retrieves. A sinking line often works best. Fish the pattern on its own on a long leader and vary the retrieve until you get a response. With a floating line, stick it on […]
How to tie the Big Ball Buzzer fly (Stillwater)
When you see fish moving at the surface, yet they are refusing a dry fly, it’s often the case that they are feeding just under the surface, rather than on it. To be able to hold a nymph an inch or two under, try using a buoyant pattern to suspend it. Use the Big Ball […]
Techno Dog (Stillwater)
This pattern is equally effective for brown trout as it is for rainbows, which is a bit of a rarity. It can be fished on all lines, but for best results go for a sinking line of some description because this means it can retrieved relatively quickly on an even plain. A roly-poly can be […]
Fly Lines Up Close
The Future Of Fly Lines Under the watchful eye of production director and fly-line guru Richard Wothers, Airflo has been first to the market with density compensation (to make sinking lines sink tip first), PolyFuse technology, variable buoyancy and, arguably, the smoothest welded loops on the market. One of the latest breakthroughs is Ridge technology […]
All You Need Is a Floater
Spring might well be just around the corner but, realistically, it’s still winter and the days are not exactly warm, and insect activity is sparse to say the least. Even during the ‘warm’ lunch time period you may only see the odd midge. The mornings are bleak and misty and do not inspire much confidence […]
The Beautiful Brown Trout
All about our beautiful, beloved brown trout…. Fish Biology This might not mean a whole lot to you but it should if you are an admirer of the wild brown trout, if you are a hunter of the wild fish that have been with us since the retreat of the last ice age. Even if […]
Biot Backed Buzzer (Small Stillwater)
The inclusion of the orange goose biot along the back really works. This fly can be fished like a Shuttlecock Buzzer when treated with a bit of floatant. It can also be fished just sub-surface when left untreated. Fish it on its own, or as a point fly, with a couple of lightweight patterns on […]
A Test of Floating Fly Lines
Total Fly Fisher magazine looks at some of the leading floating fly fishing lines on the market and what you should look for to suit the type of fly fishing you are planning. The Test For all-round stillwater use, a 7-wt line is the UK angler’s number-one choice. We took 14 of the latest […]
Chocolate-brown Blackwater
Tim Smith and myself, along with other selected members of the angling press, had been invited over to Ireland for a spot of small-water competition fishing. Tim had other things to attend to, so he said (I actually think the whole thought of competition freaked him out), so he couldn’t make it. However, I managed […]
The Land of the Long White Cloud
The Land of the Long White Cloud by Robert MacDougall-Davis Re-produced from an article originally published in Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Turquoise rivers, interspersed with long clear glides, pour through mysterious forests and thunder down lonely log-jammed gorges. And in this land of towering fjords, windswept tussock-quilted planes and virgin wilderness, trout of gargantuan […]
An Olive Spring In The Usk Valley
An Olive Spring in the Usk valley Robert MacDougall-Davis goes for a spring foray as he investigates fly fishing on the River Usk. Article Originally published in Trout and Salmon magazine…. PROFILE: Biologist Robert MacDougall-Davis is a regular contributor to the British angling press. He is currently writing his first book on fly fishing. A […]
