Just a heads up that there is another article in Total Flyfisher magazine this month – Subscribers have already had it – Not sure if its out in the shops yet? But keep an eye out 🙂 ‘Don’t Stretch Yourself’ talks about why casting too far can sometimes leave you worse off… Casting short and keeping you flies close to the surface, when fish are … Continue reading Don’t Stretch Yourself – Total FlyFisher Article
The hopper is probably one of the most used dry flies out there, other than a shuttlecock buzzer of course. I usually use this fly on the point of a dry fly setup, simply because I don’t like fishing culls; they seem to spin up my leader and I tend to spend more time untangling leaders than fishing. My favourite pattern is the one featured … Continue reading Tying the Black Hopper
Spending most of my fishing life sitting on top of the water it’s time to get in, get wet and eye level with the fish. Finding a place to tube isn’t easy, a lot of time trawling the web and fishery websites can lead to dead ends. With tubing becoming more and more popular amongst anglers (just check out the BFTA – http://www.bfta.org.uk/) Anglers can … Continue reading Float Tubing on Nant Moel Reservoir
Shipmans Buzzer Tying Video This fly is one of my most favourite dry fly patterns, very versitile and extremely easy to tie. A great fly for any position on the cast in any size. These can be fished sunk or on the surface, my preferred set-up is to fish one of these between two hoppers or bits patterns. I tie these in many different colours … Continue reading Tying the Shipmans Buzzer
When the rain pours and the river rises, it’s always good to get to the vice and replenish stocks of your favourite fly or create some weird and wonderful patterns. Over the weekend I’ve started to build my box up for a few up and coming competitions, it surprises me how many flies you can tie and loose over a couple of fishing trips! My … Continue reading A few hours fly tying..
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