Dry Fly 'Expert'

...Wild Rainbow Trout spawning in the Derbyshire Wye. Yesterday I scared them off with my clumsy approach. Today the sun was in my f...

Here's another Crack Willow ( Salix fragilis ) that suffered in the recent storms.  It's been there for about 400 years.  It has...

Walked over the hill with Henry to visit the Lathkill and see how things are coming on for All Fool's Day.  It was a delightful 4 miles ...

Some of you will already be aware that your faithful blogger is working on a series of photographs about Derbyshire's river Wye.  These ...

You will have noticed that this is not a commercialised blog.   That is so that if anything is recommended on here, you can be sure there is...

....in the last twenty years.  I fact I think they might be the best I've seen ever! From left to right, Grade One, Grade Two, Grade...

... shooting season.  Whilst the river is never long out of my mind and Henry and I walk by it on most days for some of its length, our Sa...

Here is a link to a Kickstarter Project that the world needs not just the UK .  The most amazing wildlife has been filmed all over the world...

Do you like to see the winterbournes running and all the springs welling up to fill the rivers, level off the obstructions and make it a lit...

From Regular Rod (it's a snap of Bakewell by the Derbyshire Wye) and from Henry (he wears his hair shorter nowadays...)    ...

We had some gales a few weeks ago.  Several trees were blown down.  I wish they were all those dreadful aliens, the sycamores!  No, instead ...

My mother river, the Derbyshire Wye, which taught me so much about dry fly fishing, is said to be only 15 miles long.  In that 15 miles it c...

How to never lose your whip finish tools?  Keep them attached to your hands!  That way you can always find them.  1) Hold the thread downw...

You will no doubt recall that your faithful blogger has been know to interfere with Nature sometimes...  You might like to consider two exa...

It's not a perfect organisation but, in the UK, the Wild Trout Trust takes some beating for getting the most out of your donations and m...

An early morning stroll along the local trail (a disused railway line now known as the Monsal Trail) with the camera and tripod led to this ...

That's what your faithful blogger will be doing until next April.  At least as far as trying to catch them that is.  Grayling in Autumn ...

Guess where I was taken fishing today! Not a boast, please be assured, but today was very special and even in the rain it was a deli...

Your faithful blogger loves misty mornings by the river.  Perhaps because the deeper, sub-conscious mind associates them with joyous times a...

The good folk of Buxton are probably oblivious of the way they treat their river, MY river!     Here for a short length the Derbyshi...