Dry Fly 'Expert'

Not a New Year's Resolution but a resolution for life now.  You will recall the link to a video explaining how you can protect the water...

Or if we are allowed to be fancy, Reconnaissance? Always worthwhile and anyway whilst out with Henry how could either of us stay away from...

...opening cast?  Yes I've even decided where I will try to make my first cast to my first rising fish of the season in 16 days time.  H...

Hoping you like it.  I couldn't resist the gestures these alders dead and alive seemed to be making in the misty morning. Click the ...

...for NOW! It has been a regular subject of contemplation for your faithful blogger that his Mother river, the Derbyshire Wye, is alive a...

Biosecurity should be a serious concern for anglers in the UK.  This is not closing the stable door after the horse has bolted.  Yes the inv...

... is the greater part of pleasure" Derbyshire Wye - Reed Mace Bed - Below Meaden By the time it is once more high summer, new...

You may remember a series of posts on this blog that followed words from Izaak Walton's and Charles Cotton's The Complete Angler...

Here is one of the loveliest parts of our local river as it is now... And here is how it will look a few weeks into the season! ...

It's all the same to Henry...  A few hours of reconnaissance in Duck Holds Wood saw your faithful blogger making some photographs on f...

A little wander out today with Henry by the local river and we came across a couple of friendly anglers who were making the most of the last...

AND a Happy New Year too!!! Regular Rod

...thousand words? In April 2011 we considered a spot on the local river, the Derbyshire Wye, which had fish rising all over it at 05:33 ...

Tell me to stop if you don't like these occasional "Picture Posts". Here is another view of the lovely Ogden Island that...

The PPS (Poly Prop Sherry) An effective fake of the Blue Winged Olive's Spinner the Sherry Spinner ·       Easy and quick to tie ...

Now you are quite likely to be tying flies in the long dark evenings, you might like to see a small selection of hooks that are fast becomin...

Four years ago, Warren and Jan cleared the way to let anglers fish this island in the Derbyshire Wye by building a nice bridge out of a long...

Here is a lovely place to drift a bushy fly down in the summer.  After you catch the resident whopper, under that tangle just below the ...

It really is a piece of Heaven through that gate.  One of the most lovely parts of my local river, packed with trout and grayling that th...

Reconnaissance is a vital part of any angler's route to success and enjoyment.  Even more so for the dry fly angler.  Taking a camera al...

a Good Morning to you both... There was a bit of a Compleat (Complete) Angler moment this morning whilst out with Henry to practise some r...