October and November to date, have produced superb fly fishing and it keeps getting better. Now the big fish are starting to show more consistently and it’s time to catch yourself a big one! Top flies are currently black buzzers, bloodworm, stalking bugs and small fish imitations. Our fly fishing/casting lessons and guided big trout/pike […]
The fly fishing is simply superb right now. Stillwaters are fishing well and rivers are on fire. All methods are producing fish, dries, nymphs and streamers. Checkout the selection of images from our lake and river days below: –
The rivers have been the place to be recently, with quality trout falling to nymph and dry fly tactics. Some nice grayling too have been gracing our net on the Coln. With rivers beautifully clear, a favourite and highly productive tactic has been to sight fish. Locating feeding fish before casting means less fish spooked, […]
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, […]
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 […]
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 […]
High summer is typically a time when river fishing is more productive than stillwater. This year has been no exception. While the lakes became much more challenging as August progressed, clients experienced some epic sport on rivers. Between hatches, terrestrial patterns such as beetles and ants often caught well at the surface. When trout wanted […]
