Dry Fly 'Expert'

After a medically enforced absence, it was wonderful to be out with a very good friend and once again enjoying the Derbyshire Wye.  The rust...

 Henry is an old dog now but he still enjoys a fishing trip.  Instead of walking the few miles there and back to the lower beats of the Derb...

 Well it took a few sessions, but that lovely old Richard Wheatley dry fly box now has every compartment occupied by families of new tenants...

  A few years ago a pal, and member of the choir we sang in, very kindly gave me a box of some fly fishing tackle that had been his Dad'...

Here in the UK we are going to be allowed out soon, just in time for the start of the new season.  Apart from debris dropped by this winter...

Have a great day everyone.  Maybe celebrate with some dry fly fishing this evening?

No your faithful correspondent has not been trying his hand in one of those one fly only competitions.  Today was a day when it might have b...

Joni Mitchell got it right when she sang "You don't know what you've got 'til it's gone..." Recent events hav...

Each Spring the Wild Trout Trust  holds an auction of donated lots for its major, annual fund raiser .  Lots vary from items of tackle, to...

Have a good time folks.  Maybe celebrate with some fishing? Happy 4th of July from Regular Rod

It was another chopping and changing day for your correspondent and his pal, Henry. The Hawthorn flies seem to have finished their hone...

Now past the usual allotted span, your faithful correspondent lays claim to still having the enthusiasm of youth.  It must be so, as events ...

For the next three weeks, if you are fishing in the North Country rivers of Great Britain, you are very likely to need some suitable f...

Henry and your faithful correspondent spent some of this last Winter in reconnaissance.  The changes to the river within its u...

A few winters ago, 5 minutes after this exposure (made with the 8x10 view camera), the blizzard came so thick the river was invisible from...

Do be quick and careful with the trout please. In the 1950s a chap, who many years later would be a pal of mine, used to transport carp ar...

Happy 4th of July to all. Unsure of the traditional celebrations over there, but surely a few hours by a stream wouldn't be out of ...

It's best to go directly to YouTube and watch it full screen. https://youtu.be/2kLAsQf9Jic This is the only limestone spring fe...

2018 will be remembered for its persistence in reverting back to winter after every brief spell of sun!  It brings to mind the old music h...