image
Join locals like Moc Morgan and others at the Welsh Fly Fair this coming April 3rd at the Pontardawe Leisure centre.
image

Go fishing in Iceland with Sportfish

Salmon and seatrout fishing in Iceland is an experience most of us would like to sample at least once as keen fly fishers. Sportfish are offering a selection of itineraries this year....
Full story
image

Spider Time at Lakeland Fly Tying

The selection of Whiting Brahma Hen and Midge hackles should prove very popular with the trout season just around the corner once again....
Full story
image

The real life Legend of Greystoke

The health of the tiny River Petteril has declined since the 1950’s but could now be improving says the Eden Rivers Trust, after a recent event to learn about the history of this local river and look at ways of improving it for wildlife....
Full story
image

Whiting Hen Necks

This weeks products fresh in at Lakeland Fly Tying are the perfect hen hackles for your wets and spider patterns. ...
Full story

  • image

    Spring Fly Fishing on Northumbrian Rivers, Part One (The River Wansbeck)

    The brown trout fishing season on rivers commences on March 22nd in the Northumbria region. So to help get everyone in the mood, this article is part one of a two part guide to a couple of quintessential North Eastern trout streams, detailing the fly fishing available on each. This description comprises a linear walk beginning at the upstream end of the waters of the Wansbeck Angling Association and includes, where appropriate, some idea of the techniques most appropriate to each section of the seven miles of the River Wansbeck the club controls. There is advice on how to get to and how to get through the fishery on foot, with places to park your car or, alternatively, an explanation of how to get there by public transport.
    Full story
  • image

    Match the Hatch

    Fishing with the fly nymph for the "Emperor of the River" on the Test -- a humorous tale.
    Full story
  • image

    FlyFishingWales with Kim Tribe

    Using a local guide can give you a headstart when fishing unfamiliar waters or can aso act as a coach when trying new techniques. Kim Tribe of FlyFishingWales describes one memorable trip from 2009.
    Full story
  • image

    An Olive Spring in the Usk valley

    Biologist Robert MacDougall-Davis is a regular contributor to the British angling press. He is currently writing his first book on fly fishing. A fervent fly designer and entomologist he spends the majority of his time in search of British salmonids.
    Full story
  • image

    A River Runs Through It: The History of River Trout Fishing in the North East

    The North East of England boasts some of the most iconic fishing rivers in the British Isles, if not the world. The rivers Tweed and Tyne are rightly famed for the quality of their salmon fishing.
    Full story
  • image

    Winter Grayling Fishing on the River Derwent

    This is the time of year when those more hardy fly fishermen – the ones that don’t stow their tackle away in the cupboard at the first signs of frost – begin to plan ahead for their fishing during the winter months.
    Full story
  • image

    Here Come The Girls!

    This self-submitted story by forum member "Trouts Louts" charts the rise of girl power in the fly fishing world and in particular in the authors own household. Fishermen beware!
    Full story
  • image

    Trout season lives on - winter rainbows at Avington

    I met up with Paul Richardson of Wychwood Game Fishing at Avington trout fishery nestled deep in the Hampshire countryside this week to see if we could tempt any of their famous hard fighting trout.
    Full story
  • image

    Arbor Knot

    How to tie the Arbor Knot for fixing line or backing to the reel spool. A very quick way of attaching a new spool of backing or line to the 'arbor' or spool of a reel. Make sure to pull on the knot once completed to be sure it does not slip!
    Full story
  • Orvis knot

    Use: Tying on flies. Description: Another good knot but without quite the same degree of ultimate strength as the Trilene or Palomar
    Full story
  • Trilene knot

    Use: Tying on flies. Description: This knot has the advantage that the tippet is passed twice through the eye of the hook
    Full story
  • Double turle knot

    Use: Tying on flies. Description: This is an improved and more secure version of the simple turle knot. Tying:
    Full story
  • How to tie a Palomar knot

    Use: Tying on flies.Description: Ranks alongside the Trilene knot as the strongest knot for attaching a fly to a tippet.Tying:1. Double about 150mm of the
    Full story
  • Turle knot

    Use: Tying on flies. Description: This knot is probably better with bigger flies where there is more room between the hackle or
    Full story
  • image

    How to tie theTucked half blood knot or Improved clinch knot

    Use: Tying on flies.Description: This is one of a number of knots to use to attach a fly to the end of the tippet. The
    Full story
  • Loop to loop connection

    Use: Joining two lengths of leader material Description: As well as using this method to join two lengths of nylon, it is
    Full story
  • image

    How to tie a Wingless Wickhams

    The Wingless Wickhams is a marvellous general pattern that deserves a place in any position on a 3 fly cast whilst fishing loch style in a drifting boat. That old adage “Bright day, Bright fly” seems to ring true with this pattern. When trout are feeding on Sedge Pupa or Buzzers just subsurface it can be very effective. It’s even worth a cast towards the end of the season when trout are on the pin fry. There are many variants, some of which use Fl. Foss for the tail instead of the cock hackle fibres, such as the “Red Assed Wickhams”
    Full story
  • image

    How to tie a Willie Gunn

    This salmon fly is named after the Head Keeper on the River Brora on the Sutherland Estate in Scotland. This is a fairly recent creation that can be tied on Salmon Single or Double hooks and various density tubes, even micro tubes that can be fished hitched and fast in the surface. A truly versatile fly for any time during the salmon season.
    Full story
  • image

    How to tie a Mini Surf Candy

    This saltwater baitfish pattern originated from USA tier Bob Popovics', the Surf Candy started life being tied from natural materials such as Polar Bear hair and Bucktail and experiments with epoxy resins. With the advent of modern synthetic fibres such as Ultra Hair and Super Hair the fly is now much easier to tie and much more durable. Not only is this Mini version of use in saltwater but it can be used for freshwater predators such as Pike, Perch, Zander and Black Bass.
    Full story
  • image

    How to tie a Peeping Caddis

    This fly is a slight variation of the well known Dutch tier Hans van Klinken’s Leadhead Nymph. The difference is in the method of representing the caddis head emerging from its case, this one uses a short piece of Fl. Pink suede chenille instead of Hans’s Fl. Lime green wool wound as a butt. An excellent river pattern for Trout, Grayling and even Chub. With the Fl. Pink it is very effective if the river is coloured up.
    Full story
  • image

    How to tie an Ice Maiden Tube

    As an alternative to the White Wing fished at dusk or when the water is very cold this fly excels. Make sure that the wing is tied not too heavily to allow the pearl Mylar body to shine through. Make sure you use good quality fine straight Bucktail, course thick Bucktail is inclined to flair out when tied in firmly rather than lay alongside the tube body.
    Full story
  • image

    How to tie a Dabbler

    This Irish wet fly took the Irish competition scene by storm in the early 1990’s. It was conceived by Donald McClarn of Co. Down as a hatching Mayfly pattern for use on the Irish Loughs. Its success has travelled far and wide and works well stripped fast in a good rolling wave on either a floating or sinking line.
    Full story
  • image

    How to tie a Woolly Bugger

    The Woolly Bugger could be regarded as a lure fisherman’s “Nymph” as it can be fished fast as an attractor in stillwater’s or slowly in a river allowing the sinuous marabou tail to undulate in the current maybe imitating a leech. Tied in gaudy pinks and purples it can be deadly for King Salmon. The black version listed here but with the addition of a couple of turns of pink or orange chenille behind the eye turns it into an Egg Sucking Leech.
    Full story
  • image

    How to tie a Crazy Charlie

    This fly was originally called the “Nasty Charlie” and it should be in every saltwater fly fisher’s collection when targeting Bonefish. The key to the success of the Crazy Charlie is the way the it fishes hook point up because the dumbbell eyes tied on top of the hook shank ensure the fly always lands that way up. Fished in long slow strips with a pause in between the fly will kick up small puffs of sand which imitate a fleeing crab or shrimp.
    Full story
  • image

    Gary Loomis - podcast interview with Zach Matthews

    Gary Loomis is best known today as the founder of G.Loomis, one of the world's largest fishing brands. But did you know he used to be a self-characterized steelhead junkie?
    Full story
  • image

    April Vokey - B.C. Steelhead's Unique Voice

    Few people of any stripe start their own businesses in their mid-twenties, but next to none go about it quite like April Vokey. Unconventional in the extreme, the rare woman in a man's world, April has overcome everything from institutional prejudice to a car accident which nearly ended her fishing career. "Damn right you can wear mascara," April tells her fellow female anglers. "You wear it to the grocery store; why can't you wear it to the river? Why would you have to look like a boy to fish like one?" Why indeed? Don't miss this extremely unique voice - for her insights into angling, into steelhead, and into perseverance. This week: new music from Dana Falconberry!
    Full story
  • image

    Bill Klyn - Patagonia. Build the Best Products, Cause No Unnecessary Harm

    Patagonia are one of those iconic businesses and quite rightly recognised as one of the most well-respected manufacturers in the outdoors market. Famously started out of a tin shed by leading environmentalist Yvon Chouinard who was making climbing gear for himself and friends, the firm has grown to cover not just climbing but hiking, skiiing, surfing and of course, fly fishing. In their own words they qualify their mission statement listed in the teaser as follows - "Many companies claim quality as their central mission, but few really stop to define what it is. At Patagonia we spend a lot of time thinking about quality, and we apply it to our products, to our experience of fishing and the fishing community, and to our interaction with streams, rivers, bays...water. To us, quality is all-encompassing." Quality is then defined by 9 specific attributes which every product is held up against - re-assuring in this modern world where speed and convenience can often be the downfall of manufacturing standards in lesser brands.
    Full story
  • image

    Fish&Fly podcast - Richard Hewitt and Tom Pero discuss the recent merger.

    Tom Pero, Editor of Fish & Fly Magazine, and Richard Hewitt, owner of FishandFly.com, discuss the breaking news of the merger between their companies, what this means for subscribers, and the editorial direction of the new venture. Season Four kicks off with this breaking news story (and what breaking news story would be complete without red, purple, even yellow bikinis). Intrigued? Stay tuned.
    Full story
  • Ted Juracsik - Tibor Reels interview

    Juracsik's life can only be properly described with one word: epic. Like Odysseus cast adrift from a country in ruins, Ted wandered Europe's Cold War refugee camps before finding his way to New York City
    Full story
  • Frank Smethurst - Running Down the Dream

    Best known for his appearance in Felt Soul Media's hit fly-fishing movie Running Down the Man (watch out for our review coming soon!), Frank Smethurst is one of the few anglers qualified to represent the up-and-coming sector of fly fishing in any environment
    Full story
  • Charles Jardine - Tradition in Transition

    Charles Jardine is one of the world's great experts; his breadth of knowledge ranges from the chalk streams of England to the four corners of the United States.
    Full story
  • Around the World with Barry & Cathy Beck

    Barry and Cathy Beck are synonymous with excellence in fly fishing photography. As some of the most successful trip hosts in the industry, they've experienced their fair share of exciting travel experiences, too.
    Full story
Premier Shops
Travel