Casting with Ceri Jones – Episode 31 – Alan Parfitt – Wild Trout Fishing on Llyns of Wales
Alan Parfitt wonderful explanation of his passion for wild trout fishing in the mountains of Wales and his exploits chasing sea trout in the sea in the highlands of Scotland To visit the podcast, simply browse to Casting with Ceri Jones – …
Caenis – The Angler’s Curse
This pattern is a test of both patience and control. The Caenis is an up-winged fly (Ephemeroptera) and often hatches and goes through its life cycle very quickly. The insect is small but hatches in abundance and trout feed upon them avidly. …
Streamer Fishing On Rivers, by Ceri Thomas
An article by Ceri Thomas It’s well known that anglers in the USA and Europe like to fish streamers. To back this up you will often see trophy shots on Social media, complete with exotically named flies hanging from the hooked jaws …
A Black River Story
An article 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 become regular and enthusiastic visitors to this wonderful but …
The Zlon Dry Fly
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 Leon under some of the winging material Body: Dubbing to suit the …
The Quill Bodied CDC Dry Fly
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 squirrel fibres or alternatively hares ear Wing: 4 X CDC Feathers tied back to …
Comments from Across the Sea – Part 1
An article by Lars Mehl. Introduction I’m from Denmark and in total, I have been fishing now for more than 50 years. I have taken the usual breaks from fishing caused by the study, military service, periods of general education and also …
Dark Olive Wet Fly
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 hackle dyed olive as the tail Wing: Slips of …
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 …
