Pete Turner is one very happy client after Steve guided him to this fantastic, monster rainbow trout during a corporate fishing day at Loynton Trout Fisheries. Steve spotted the fish patrolling along the deep margins and advised Pete to switch to an orange loynton guinea after the fish rejected several more subtle patterns. Three casts […]
Grayling fishing has started well, with dry fly and nymph both accounting for fish. In the low water conditions, using small flies has been key to success. Size 16 – 20 nymph and dries being top performers. While low water can be seen as challenging fishing conditions, the fish being ever more alert to danger, […]
Shorter days, lower average temperatures, saw trout action improve as the month progressed on the lakes, while river fishing on the Wye at least continues to be good. In both cases the bigger fish are showing! Lakes continue to produce well to midge and sedge pupa, dry caddis and daddies fished dry and sunk. We […]
A three day trip saw Rob and I face very different challenges on the Wye. Day one saw perfect conditions and after a little casting work, advice on watercraft, equipment adjustments, etc. Rob presented a number of dry flies to various rising fish and caught, well, loads! His words were, Steve, I’ve caught more today […]
Lakes July is always an unpredictable month for stillwater fly fishing, and so it proved again this year. Days when everything looks perfect prove tough going, then you get a cloudless, hot, still, humid day, expecting a hard time and the trout go mad. One thing is sure, nothing is certain! The different lakes we […]
Clients visiting the river Wye in Derbyshire with us have been having a ball this month as you can see from the images above! July has provided the most consistent dry fly fishing of the 2011 season so far, with superb sport most days. A mixture of match the hatch and terrestrial flies have been […]
The constantly unsettled weather during June led to mixed fortunes in terms of fish numbers caught. Having said that, most beginners saw action with hard fighting rainbows and all but two river trips went very well, with numbers of trout landed. Lakes Most days trout fed voraciously at times, within the top two feet. Either […]
Tim James has landed what is for many fly fisher,s a fish of a lifetime during his first day fly fishing! Taking a lesson with Midlands Fly Fishing at our Loynton Tout Fisheries base, Tim hooked the huge rainbow, his first ever fish on a fly, using a green and black buzzer fished in the […]
Another amazingly busy month here at MFF, lots of very happy clients and awesome fly fishing! The Lakes Hot lake fishing continued with some of the best fly hatches in recent years, resulting in amazing imitative fly fishing, including dry fly opportunities a plenty. Several clients landed P.B. trout during tuition and corporate days, with […]
March has been a fabulous month here, very mild overall, with prolific fly hatches for the time of year, resulting in quality imitative fly fishing. Midge activity has been fantastic on the lakes, producing some superb buzzer fishing and dry fly on occasion. Watching the water has made for interesting fishing as always. You get […]
