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 [...]
Dark Olive Wet Fly
Materials: Hook: Varivas 2400 Wet size 14 or similar wet fly hook Silk: Primrose yellow 8/0 wispa Tail: Dyed Olive cock hackle Body: Stripped quill feather varnished Hackle: Tied in as a beard cock [...]
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. Hackle: Furnace [...]
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
Materials: Hook: Varivas 2410 wide gape or any wet type fly hook size 10 or 12 Silk: 8/0 primrose wispa Tail: fibres from a partridge tail Rib: silk floss which has been spun Body: [...]
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 [...]
Know Your fish Food Part 4-The Olive Upright
The Olive Upright (Rhithrogena Semiclorata) A very important food source for both trout and grayling on the Rivers Usk and Wye This insect is a very important food source for the River Usk and Wye [...]
Know Your Fish Food Part 3-The Iron Blue
Know your Fish Food 3 The Iron Blue (Baetis Pumilis) This is the one fly that likes the cold and will hatch in the colder days of spring from lunch time to early evening during [...]
