The Usk Grub
This pattern has earned a reputation around the world for its fish taking ability. As I understand it is the first recorded tying of a shrimp pattern and was the basis for the shrimp patterns of Ireland and not the other way …
Willie Gunn Tube
This is a very successful pattern for salmon in many rivers throughout the British Isles and Europe. The dressing is as follows: Tube: From 1/2″ to 2″ either aluminium or copper. Silk: Black Tag: Gold oval tinsel (small in this example) Rib: …
Silver Stoat Tube Fly
Before I explain the details and dressing of this fly I thought bit prudent to explain what sort of device that is needed to tie them. I have spent many years looking for the ultimate tube vice and the truth is I …
Salmon Fishing on the Magaree River
An article by Graham Anthony. Having experienced the delights of fishing for Pacific salmon in and around Vancouver last year, I decided that this year’s adventure would be for the predictably more challenging Atlantic salmon of eastern Canada. Looking at the map did not …
Return to the River Tweed
I returned to the Tweed, one bright summer day. It was in August this time and not in May. The magic was there and so was the fish and my longing to fulfil a really great wish of catching a salmon, a …
Tweed Magic
An article by Sally Pizii, Salmon and Trout Association, Level II Coach co-ordinator. It was a chance of a lifetime, a day’s fishing for the king of all fish, the salmon, on the Tweed. I had spent the previous day having a conducted tour …
