It’s not uncommon to go out on a lake and not feel confident, thinking that the fish are conspiring against you from all the times you’ve stuck them on sharp shiny things attached to something which doesn’t resemble food the slightest. You get that feeling the fish know what’s coming, or know what you’re offering and totally avoid it like the plague? That’s what it felt like … Continue reading 7 – 0
Large specimen trout want a mouthful, they don’t tend to want to eat small amounts of food, they prefer a good mouthful. This time of year is ‘fry time’ and anglers get awful excited about what can only be called a feeding frenzy. Trout, and other fish, close in and attack fry which are shoals of juvenile fish. Trout tend to ‘smash into a shoal of fry … Continue reading Floating Fry Fly Tying Video
Finding those perfect products that could save you hours at the tying bench don’t come along that often… With the winter rapidly closing in anglers are now looking towards their tying tables to replenish stocks of their favourite flies. Most of my winter is spent throwing a shooting head from the banks of Farmoor or up to my ‘nicky nacky noos’ in ice cold river waters which … Continue reading Things that makes you go ‘ahhh’
The cruncher is one of my favourite nymphs, it works wherever it’s used and is an ideal middle dropper fly between two lures. Fish love them on the hang, on the drop or through the retrieve, just find the level. It’s a fly which takes pride in my nymph box and has many variations. One of my ‘all time favourites’ is the standard cruncher, no … Continue reading Cruncher fly tying video
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
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