Know Your Fish Food – Part 3 – Iron Blue (Baetis Pumilis)
This is the one fly that likes the cold and will hatch in the colder days of spring from lunchtime to early evening during April and May depending on the weather. It can then reappear in the Autumn. Easily recognised as they …
Know Your Fish Food – Part 2 – Large Dark Olive (Baetis Rhodani)
One of the first flies to show on the river in any numbers and an important food source for both trout and grayling. All the photographs sen below show both male and female insects at differing times of their life cycle and …
Michael Wade – A Man of the River
There are a number of people that we meet or hear of that have a profound effect on the rivers we fish and often they go unseen or unrecognised for the work that they do. One such man is the late Dr …
Know Your Fish Food – Part 1 – March Brown (Rhithrogena germanica)
This article has been put together with the kindness and generosity of the family of the late Michael Wade. I should explain that Michael was a GP in Risca and was interested in the insects and fly life that trout feed upon in …
