Fishing on the Frontier
Fishing on the Frontier – Part 42 – First Steps Towards Better Presentation
Top fly fishing guide and instructor Jeremy Lucas continues his series on presentation this month. "I am writing this Frontier contribution to try to help those many anglers who are baffled by what is going on in a 'Euro-led' movement towards a better presentation of the fly, particularly on rivers." ... Full story
Fishing on the Frontier – Part 41 – Low River Winter Grayling
What a strange winter it has so far been; mild and stormy with many of our rivers unfishable for very long periods. Eden has been fishable only for about seven days in the last two months, even fairly high upstream, and this has been the pattern in most rivers in the north and west. ... Full story
Fishing on the Frontier - Part 40 - The Changing Paradigm
Right now, there is huge excitement about what is happening in this sport we love so much, particularly the single-handed fly rod discipline, with trout and grayling, and let's be fair, any species - salt water or fresh - that can be caught on fly. ... Full story
Fishing on the Frontier - Part 39: The Frontier Opens
"There are many frontiers in our sport, and there always will be, I suspect." Former England International Fly Fishing team member and now coach to the Australian National Fly Fishing team, Jeremy Lucas continues his look at the leading edge of fly fishing development. ... Full story
Fishing on the Frontier – Part 38: The New Frontier
Throughout this series, I have tried to bring a glimpse of what is going on at the frontier of fly fishing for trout & grayling, though have not really explored other developments, such as fly fishing for other species and, notably, salt water. I do very little of the latter and there are far more experienced fly fishers in these areas to broadcast what is going on. ... Full story
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. ... Full story
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 in Poland this year for a magical weeks fly fishing and learn about 'fishing on the frontier' yourself. ... Full story
Fishing on the Frontier - Part 35: The New Frontier
Fly Fishing guide, instructor and author Jeremy Lucas notes the continued rise in interest in fishing for grayling this winter and adds his own distinct thoughts to the mix. ... Full story
Fishing on the Frontier – Part 34: A winter approach
On a trout and grayling river, from November through to the rawness of late winter, you never quite know what to expect. ... Full story
Fishing on the Frontier – Part 33: Leader-to-hand
Jeremy Lucas reports on more cutting-edge developments bred from the world of competitive flyfishing. The French Leader technique involves no fly line coming off the reel at all! ... Full story
Fishing on the Frontier - Part 32 - Observations from the World Championship
It was immensely edifying this year to be able to observe the World Championship, on such a magnificent river as the San. ... Full story
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 can all learn from it. ... Full story
Fishing on the Frontier - Part 30 - Accuracy
Rivers all over Britain have been steadily falling this spring. Here on Eden we have had more than six weeks now with no appreciable rain-fall. ... Full story
Fishing on the Frontier - Part 29 - Spring on Eden
"You have to be in the right place at the right time" says Jeremy Lucas talking about spring fishing. Timing can be everything with the river system and the fish just getting into gear. ... Full story
Fishing on the Frontier - Part 28 - Spring Thoughts
Having spent the weekend at the Spring show at Newark, meeting up with so many friends in this special introduction to the new trout fishing season, the wonders of the community of our sport continue to astonish me. ... Full story
Fishing on the Frontier - Part 27 - A Year to Remember
2009 might even be regarded as a vintage year, in my view. The bulk of my own fishing was on the Eden system, of course, with memorable sojourns elsewhere, particularly on the San River, in Poland. ... Full story
Fishing on the Frontier - Part 26 - San River Report 2009
I thought it best to update the Frontier series, appropriately, with the year’s San River report. It is very difficult to write this, however, because I know that it will seem unbelievable. ... Full story
Fishing on the Frontier – Part 25 - San River Perfection
I have just returned from my best ever trip to the San, which is saying something, because I had thought some of my previous trips unbeatable! ... Full story
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 Eden. My immediate reply was: ‘In August, it is always going to be testy.’ ... Full story
Fishing on the Frontier - Part 23 - Dry Fly
It strikes me that in all the trips to the river (almost daily for an hour or two) since some time in May; I have fished dry fly almost exclusively. ... Full story
Fishing on the Frontier ebook - Parts 1-10
Author, guide and England International Fly Fishing team member Jeremy Lucas has been sharing his thoughts and observations about "Fishing on the Frontier" exclusively with Fish&Fly members through his very popular regular column on www.fishandfly.com for a while now. Learning constantly about new innovations from fishing next to top class continental fly anglers in competition, Jeremy also has a very analytical view of fly fishing focused on improving catch rates and passes this information along for the benefit of all whether you are fishing at home or abroad. Whether fishing on his beloved River Eden in Cumbria or on the remarkable San River in Poland where he has a guiding business also, you can be sure that he will always be observing what is happening and getting ready to formulate the best approach to catch more fish. This ebook contains the first 10 columns in the "Fishing on the Frontier" series which we hope both current fans and new readers alike will find both enjoyable and informative. ... Full story
Fishing on the Frontier - Part 22 - Contrasts - Competition and Conservation
In a rough and tumble, helter skelter spring with a fly rod; from deep cold to deep drought, to storms and floods in May! And from the most perfect opportunities for upstream dry for wild trout snatching down the best hatch of March Browns I have ever witnessed in England, on Eden, to chasing rainbows very much looking upwards on Stocks, to catching a few of the best reservoir rainbows in the country, on Chew Valley Lake – and losing the spring international, big time! Sometimes, it seems like too much. ... Full story
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Fishing on the Frontier - Part 1
by Jeremy Lucas - San River The first in a three part article by Jeremy about the discoveries at the frontier of ... Full story
Fishing on the Frontier - Part 2
by Jeremy Lucas - San River - Part 2 The second part of Jeremy's first article in his new series for Fish & Fly called ... Full story
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Fishing on the Frontier - Part 3
by Jeremy Lucas - San River - part 3 In this last section of Jeremy's first 3-part article for Fish & Fly we continue ... Full story
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