Fishing on the Frontier
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.
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....
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....
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. ...
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....
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!...
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.’...
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. ...
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....
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. ....jpg&size=summary_medium)
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 ...
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 ....jpg&size=summary_medium)
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 ....jpg&size=summary_medium)
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 on the ...Fishing on the Frontier - part 5
Part Five - Presentation So, we're on the river, in the water, prowling. I like to think that it looks how it ...Fishing on the Frontier - part 6
Reading Waters When I'm out there, assessing a section of water on river or lake, I'm always looking for signs, indicators, nuances ....jpg&size=summary_medium)
Fishing on the Frontier - part 7 - Presentation!
by Jeremy Lucas There are so many angles to consider: so much to work out in order to put the fly where the fish ...Fishing on the Frontier - part 8 - The Switch Cast!
by Jeremy Lucas I said that I would go further into presentation, learning from times out there in Europe, particularly on the great rivers. ....jpg&size=summary_medium)
Fishing on the Frontier - part 9
by Jeremy Lucas In several of the practice sessions for last year's European Championships in Norway, I spent quite a lot of ....jpg&size=summary_medium)
Fishing on the Frontier - part 10
By Jeremy Lucas Dead-drifting in the Spring After the floods that have characterised this winter, on every river I have ...
Fly Fishing on the Frontier, Part 11 - Take Detection
By Jeremy Lucas I said that I would write a piece about the complicated subject of take detection when nymph fishing, particularly on rivers. ...Fishing on the Frontier, Part 12 - The Double Nymph Presentation
by Jeremy Lucas March Browns have appeared on almost every day I have been out lately on Eden. No matter what the farms seem ...Fishing on the Frontier - Part 13 - Western European Leaders
by Jeremy Lucas You will notice that I have persisted with the related subjects of presentation and take detection, and this piece pursues these ...
Fishing on the Frontier - Part 14 - Improved Take Detection
by Jeremy Lucas I wrote before about sensitive take detection and its importance in hard fished waters where we have to present small, imitative ....jpg&size=summary_medium)
