By Robert MacDougall-Davis Re-produced from an article originally published in Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Rugged mountains pierce the heavens and here, in amongst the pine forests and wild flowers, cascading torrents and sapphire rivers flow. The air, swollen with the sweet alpine scent of aromatic pine needles, wafts down the mountains in warm pockets […]
Picking Pockets in the Alpes Maritimes
North Uist Top 10 Trout Lochs
Re-produced from an article originally published in Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Robert MacDougall-Davis reveals his top ten North Uist trout lochs A labyrinth of vast, mysterious and seldom fished lochs lie hidden away in the watery paradise of North Uist. So where on earth do you start and how does the visiting angler, who […]
The Realm of the Hebridean Slob Trout
Re-produced from an article originally published in Fly Fishing and Fly Tying Robert MacDougall-Davis goes slob hunting in North Uist’s brackish lagoons Deep purple stretches far into the distance and a plethora of trout infested lochs lie amid the heather, dotted puddle-like, beneath an all encompassing backdrop of gunmetal mountains. This is North Uist, the […]
A Review of Floating Fly Lines
The Test For all-round stillwater use, a 7-wt line is the number-one choice. We took 14 of the latest floating lines on the market, spooled them up and put them through their paces on a windy day on the bank at a Midlands reservoir. Each line was reviewed on its own merit to get a […]
Jeremy Paxman
Television doesn’t always do people favours. On it, Jeremy Paxman sometimes comes across as abrasive, arrogant even. In fact, he’s neither, and whenever we’ve met up over the years, he’s invariably been polite, attentive and generous with his time. Our paths cross now at the Natural History Museum where Jeremy is chairing the 2nd Riverfly […]
Apache Tube (Salmon)
This is a cracking adaptation of a classic Irish shrimp fly. Dressed on a plastic or aluminium tube and with plenty of hackle, it’s also very ‘light’ in the water, helping it stay mobile in even the slowest of currents. This pattern works throughout the season, and can be dressed in all sizes from a […]
