Catching fish on lakes, ponds or reservoirs is the ideal way to try out new fly patterns, fly tying materials and fishing tackle.
I said to myself throughout last season that I was going to spend more time fishing different lakes and rivers this winter, other than my usual haunts, mainly to give my favourite stretches of river a bit of a break, and spend the time learning other fisheries. Most winters I try and fit in a day or two on Garnffrwd trout fishery, but this winter, … Continue reading Spider Fishing on Garnffrwd
The later end of the trout season saw me spend a few of my free weekends afloat on chew valley lake hoping to get some great dry fly action, or certainly top of the water action if the weather wasn’t playing ball. Paul Osbourn and I booked a Saturday boat just before the end of the season. The day was perfect, slightly too much sun for … Continue reading Late season action at Chew valley
A lot of the guys who fish, or have fished with me will know that I am very fond of the new fulling mill hook range. The range is simple superb and cater for all anglers, whether you fish small stillwaters, competitions on the larger reservoirs or are a river angler, Fulling Mill have a range of hooks that will transform your fishing when having … Continue reading Fulling Mill Barbless Hooks
As some of you will know, the Anglian Water Airflo International is just around the corner, one of the most prestigious team competitions of the year here in the UK. With teams of 6 anglers competing for the Silver Salver! Rutland the weekend was more or less perfect, as you can tell from the picture below, high, grey cloud with a very gentle ripple saw … Continue reading Rutland for the Weekend
For what seems like months ago, the extremely hot weather had a diverse affect on our rivers here in south Wales. Many of the rivers dropped to lower than average summer levels and the fishing become very tough. A weird sort of scum formed on the surface which was a bugger to get your leader through, making dry fly fishing in slow water almost impossible, … Continue reading Carp on the fly
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