Fishing in Wales – River Usk at Ty Mawr, with Gwent Chair, Lee Evans
Join our Chair, Lee Evans, on one of our River Usk beats as he shares information about the club and then demonstrates some dry fly fishing during a hatch of Yellow Mays back in 2024. …
A Season in Wales: with Charles Jardine, Gwent Angling Society Member
In this video from the Fishing In Wales platform, we join club member Charles Jardine on the banks of our River Monnow beat, where he talks about his experiences of fishing in Wales, after a day’s grayling fishing. …
Feathers and their Uses
This article shows the different characteristics of feathers used in fly tying to create flies. The video essentially deals with cock/rooster and hen feathers which are either in cape or saddle forms. Watch the video below to learn more about one of the …
The Comparadun Universal Baetis
This is a general use pattern that imitates Olives and other upwinged flies that hatch on running water. It can be fished as an emerger, as a dun or as a spinner. This particular tying has been done in the Universal Baetis …
The Deer Hair Wing Ducks Dun
This fly is a general pattern for Olive baetis flies found hatching on many rivers. It uses deer hair as a wing. The fly was tied as it was requested during a fly tying tutorial run by the club. Materials Silk – …
The Clan Chieftain Muddler
The Clan Chieftain Muddler is a fly designed to be fished as a top dropper pattern when fishing lakes, Lochs or the Welsh Llyns for wild brown trout. It creates a disturbance either upon or just under the surface and attracts fish. The video …
The Garry Dog
This fly has been tied specifically to show some of the techniques that can be used to tie in the wing securely following the fly dressing video tutorials. Materials Hook – Ahrex double salmon size 8 Silk – Semperfli Nano Silk, white, …
River Usk Ty Mawr Beat – Fishing in Wales VIDEO
In this video for Fishing in Wales, Andy Ford of BT Sport’s ‘On The Bank’ show visits our stunning Ty Mawr beat on the river Usk in search of quality wild trout, along with Gwent AS members Ceri Thomas and Tim Hughes. …
