Blagdon is another water which I used to spend a lot of time fishing as a kid, the Thorn fly fishing club would arrange two or three trips a year and heading over the Seven Bridge was always a great occasion. It usually mean Chew, Blagdon or Draycote! All of which I am very fond of. We had opening day boats booked for a few … Continue reading Blagdon Water Opening Day
Draycote Water is one of my most favourite lakes to fish, when I was younger we used to venture to Draycote a couple of times a year with the Thorn fly fishing club, but since then I haven’t really spent the time on there. I had a great day with Lloyd back in 2011 – You may be interested in this blog post – and I mentioned … Continue reading Opening weekend at Draycote
Like most anglers at this time of year I’ve spent a lot of time at the vice filling up the fly boxes ready for the up and coming season. Early season usually means fishing deep with fast sinking fly lines and lures. On the other scale, midge and buzzer patterns fished static throughout the layers can also produce some great results, especially as the weaither starts … Continue reading Some recent flies…
The trout season is just around the corner and many anglers are dusting off their fishing kit, finishing a few much needed start of the season flies and stretching their fly lines. Throughout the winter I like to keep in touch with lake fishing by heading to small-waters like Garnffrwyd and some larger water such as Farmoor, both offer great pleasure fishing, just what you … Continue reading Season Teaser
I sometimes wonder why my boxes are full of flies which never get used? Do you have a selection of flies which only half – or even less in my case – only get used? I found an old fly box a couple of nights ago and saw some flies I used to do really well on, pheasant tails which worked a treat. Buy simply … Continue reading Black Pheasant Tail Jig – Step By Step
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