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
Over the last few weekends the water in all of our rivers have been perfect, low, clear and with a slight chill in the air. The perfect Grayling weather in my eyes! At the moment the Taff Grayling don’t seem to be shoaled up like they have been in recent years, but finding them isn’t a problem. Once you get into a run where they … Continue reading Some Serious Grayling
Here’s a simple tip I’ve been using for years. Cliff Harvey used to run fly tying classes when I was a youngster and many of the tips I was taught stick in my mind still, this one is ideal when tying lots of diawl backs or wet flies. A simple fly tying tip which can save you lots of time re-tying flies. Click here for … Continue reading Fly Tying Tip – Tying in Peacock Herl
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
With all this extra water around here in south Wales, fishing opportunities are slim at the moment with the river being heavily flooded or lakes chocolate brown from the run off. I had the nod that a small lake I frequently fished when I was a youngster was clear and full of fish, just like it was back earlier in the year. Lewis Rumble and I … Continue reading A bit of Winter Stocky Bashing!
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