With water at a nice stable height, crystal clear, cool and loaded with food, the trout are happy and so are our fly fishers! Clients are experiencing good catches and some quality fish on the river right now, with both nymph and dry fly proving successful. The key is in knowing when and where to […]
We are now well into the most challenging 2 months of the year for stillwater fly fishing. As you can see above however, trout are still there to be caught. Dries, nymphs, wet fly and lure tactics have all produced on the day according to conditions. Typically, early and later in the day are best, […]
Recent weeks have been typically popular for both our stillwater and river fly fishing opportunities. As ever it’s been great to introduce many people to the sport of fly fishing, open the eyes of more experienced anglers to to new approaches and meet up with regular clients who enjoy a good day waterside. Fly hatches […]
April 2015 has treated us to some wonderful fly fishing for trout! On the lakes and reservoirs a mixture of lures and nymphs, buzzers in particular, have accounted for many great catches and some superb individual specimens. Towards the month end we’ve experienced some good dry fly fishing opportunities too with emerging midge and olive […]
What a difference warm sunshine makes at this time of year. It feels fantastic to be waterside, making the most of a new river trout season, plus fabulous spring stillwater fishing with you all. On the lakes, buzzer hatches are increasing, providing great sport with quality trout. Pre and post hatch, time is best spent […]
Catch more trout this season – Carsington Fly Fishing Seminar – Saturday April 18th 2015 April is a great time to fish Carsington as this is the time when buzzer fishing is at its best and matching the hatch can be devastatingly effective. Now, more than ever before there is an amazing range of tackle and flies available to […]
Large trout and pike are the current favourite targets for our more experienced anglers, with mild conditions and clear water providing great opportunities to pursue these fish. The pike fly fishing is only going to get better as they feed hard prior to spawning in a few weeks time. Likewise, the stillwater trout fishing during […]
Ultra mild weather resulted in fabulous fly fishing during November. Typically, less people want to go fishing in November, so with a little free time, we went out fishing ourselves a little more (see above photo). Yes, really, prolific dry fly fishing in mid November, fantastic! The nymph fishing was rather good too. On the […]
In September’s fishing report, I said “it remains a popular misconception that fly fishing ends around now”. Well if you needed proof that it actually gets much better, all I can say is October is delivering big time! Our run of autumn courses were very well received by attendees and it’s great to see many […]
It remains a popular misconception that “the fly fishing season” comes to a close around this time of year. While that is true for river trout fishing, many other opportunities open up. Right now the river fishing is going out with a bang, as trout feed up prior to spawning, providing great dry fly and […]
