A Black River Story
A Black River Story by Alan Parfitt Gwent Angling Society has the good fortune to manage the fishing on about 3 miles of the upper river Sirhowy and a small section of its members have [...]
The Zlon Dry Fly
The Zlon Dry Fly Materials: Hook: To suit the hatch. On this tutorial I have used an SLD barbless dry fly hook size 14: Silk: White uni thread or 14/0 white sheer Tail: Coq de [...]
The Quill Bodied CDC Dry fly
The Quill Bodied CDC Dry Fly: Materials: Hook: Partridge SLD fine dry barbless or similar Silk: White uni thread 70 denier or similar Tail: Coq de leon fibres Body: Stripped Peacock tail herls Thorax: Fox [...]
The West Wales Rivers Trust Doethie and Upper Tywi Restoration Projects – a summary
The West Wales Rivers Trust Doethie and Upper Tywi Restoration Projects – a summary An article by Brian Jones. The following is a brief summary of remediation work carried out on the River Doethie tributary [...]
Black and Yellow Intruder style Salmon Fly
Materials Needed: For the Mount Thread: Veevus GSP 30d thread Waddington Shank or Intruder shank length of choice Wire: Hareline Senyo's thin Intruder wire (Colour of your Choice) Eyes: Optional but normally 3.3mm dumb [...]
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Tying the Quill Bodied Emerger
Tying Materials: Silk: 70 denier uni-nylon coloured white Wing: CDC either natural or dyed (4 feathers) Hook: Partridge Emerger size 16 (or size to suit the hatch) Tail: Coch De Leon Fibres Body: Either natural [...]
The Real Threat to your Fishing!!
A Real Threat To Your Fishing Forever If you are an angler who fishes in Wales, whether occasionally or it is your main pastime, I have to tell you it is all under threat. This [...]
Comments from Across the Sea Part 1
Comments from Across the Sea Part 1 An article by Lars Mehl Lars Mehl Introduction: I´m from Denmark and in total I have been fishing now for more than 50 years. I have [...]
Greenwell Spider
The Greenwell Spider Materials: Hook: Partridge spider hook size 14. It can be tied on 16's and 12's as well if desired. Silk: Pearsalls Primrose Silk waxed with dark cobblers wax. Rib: Fine gold wire. [...]
March Brown Dry Fly
The March Brown Dry Fly Materials: Hook: Partridge Patriot Fine Dry (SLD) size 12 or 10 Silk: Primrose 8/0 wispa Tail: Brown micro fibbetts Rib: Brown 3lb maxima Body: A 2:1 mix of March [...]
March Brown Wet Fly
How to tie the March Brown wet Fly The March Brown Wet Fly Materials: Hook: Varivas 2410 wide gape or any wet type fly hook size 10 or 12 Silk: 8/0 primrose wispa Tail: fibres [...]
Know your fish food Part 5- Yellow May Dun
Yellow May Dun( Heptagenia Sulphurea) There was a time where I wouldn't have thought of using a pattern to imitate this fly. However how times have changed. This fly has become very important to the [...]