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 …
Orange-Beaded Hare’s Ear Shrimp
Hook: Partridge Czech Nymph hook size 10 Silk: Sheer 14/0 coloured primrose yellow Bead: 3.8mm tungsten bead coloured orange Rib: Gold oval tinsel Body: Hare’s Ear dubbing Thorax: UV Ice dubbing colour code 10 …
Pink Shrimp
Hook: Partridge Patriot barbless Czech Nymph size 10 Head: 3.5mm Tungsten bead coloured pink. Silk: 14/0 sheer colour of choice Shell Back: Pink Mylar UV band 2mm Rib: 0.14 red copper wire Body: Rabbit fur dubbing dyed pink Thorax: Spectra Dubbing dyed …
Quill-Bodied Nymph
Hook: Partridge Ideal Nymph size of your choice (Size 14 used here) Bead: Tungsten 2mm for a size 14 hook (Use proportionately sized bead for the hook being tied upon). Silk: 14/0 sheer in primrose Tail: Cock de Leon fibres Body: stripped …
Operation Alpine Cutthroat Trout
An article by Alan Parfitt. Date: Summer 2004 Location: Kananaskis, Alberta, Canada Target: Lake of the horns (McPhail lake) We knew it would be quite a challenge to reach the lake, catch a few trout and get back before nightfall. “Lake of …
Duck Dun Patterns
Dave Collins gives his reasons for using this pattern. Whilst I first fly-fished back in the mid-sixties, I didn’t really get back to fly fishing regularly until the late nineties and didn’t tie my first fly until 2001. By then, I had …
