Czech Nymphing Techniques
Many people have tried to fish a short-line technique of one sort or another for grayling and trout. All types of these methods are very effective on their day, none more so than the Czech nymphing technique itself. To try and explain it …
Fly Fishing Techniques for Bass, Pollack and Mackerel
I was invited by a good friend Vaughan Thomas to visit him and try fly fishing for sea species together with another experienced sea fly fisher Alan Parfitt. This was an area of fly fishing completely new to me in that I …
Escape to the Hills, by Alan Parfitt
An Article by Alan Parfitt. We live in an age of superlatives when people of talent are elevated to genius status and those who profess to be knowledgeable are classed as experts. This is very regrettable since it means that with so …
Dry Fly on the River Usk
The flies will be subject of a later article. This beauty weighed about 2lbs 8oz and was a cracker of a fish caught off-camera during his first couple of casts in 6″ of water with the fly shown on the video. He …
Fly Fishing for Pike
An article by Ceri Thomas. Catching Pike on the fly is one of the fastest-growing branches of the sport. Pike are a true sport fish which fight very hard on fly tackle, the old adage that Pike doesn’t fight is total nonsense, …
Spring Trout Fishing on the River Usk
What a fantastic time of year this is. The end of the winter has almost come with the usual upsets in the weather but the long dark nights are starting to draw out and those feelings of excitement at catching the first …
Spring Salmon Fishing on the River Tweed
An article by Mark Roberts. I was sat at the tying desk last Friday when the phone rang unexpectedly. A good fishing friend was on the line explaining that due to family circumstances he was unable to enjoy the first three days …
Catching Sea Trout
An article by Alun Rees. Although Seatrout are caught in daylight using a variety of methods, the most enjoyable and by far the most productive method used to catch this elusive fish is with the fly at night. To the initiated, this …
