Dry Fly 'Expert'

Not for the first time your faithful blogger finds himself completely unready for the upcoming new season.   Fly boxes are in a state of cha...

You'll have to click and look hard at this one.  Can you spot it in the sky?  It was amazing to feel how cold it got and to hear the bir...

Reconnaissance is a good use, maybe even the best use, of the dry fly angler's time during the next month.  Wander and wonder with a goo...

There is a thaw going on outside.  The water is rising a little and yet staying clear as crystal.  It all bodes well for 2015 round her...

Not be long now... Regular Rod

There are a few days left of the trout season and we now have the bonus of some very easy grayling fishing to keep us delighted right up the...

The season is now truly in its closing stages.  Being there is paramount.  Observation is even more important now as it is easy to miss some...

This is still relevant to dry fly fishing.  Willows, particularly Crack Willow, Salix fragilis , is a native to the British Isles and, as su...

Here's a youngster, fishing in the Town water.  There are scores of people nearby but the abundance of fish has led to bravery being rew...

Now the Evening Shadows Closing is happening before the spinners have got even halfway through their return to the water, we need to fish on...

Yesterday evening started well enough.  Here a line of trout were rising nicely but in an awkward place round to the left of this picture ...

If a person, or a club, or a syndicate, has or obtains fishing rights, does this simply mean that the water is to be policed to keep it fr...

Here's a couple of situations of which similar ones you will very likely come across whilst dry fly fishing. The first one is DRAG! ...

... to all of you in the USA.  Have a great time, especially if you are going fishing! Regular Rod

Right up to the last minute this year, it was doubtful whether your faithful blogger was going to be able to again join Dave Wallace's p...

My paternal Grandad took me fishing for the first time on 16th June 1956.  He was a traditional Sheffield style angler and that is how he ta...

Do you ever have one of those days when you are simply very happy?  Euphoric? When you have that " It feels good to be alive! " fe...