April showers bring forth May’s flowers they say, well I’m looking forward to May then! Despite mixed weather we worked with many clients of varied experience throughout April, helping them enjoy the benefits of fly fishing. The lakes are providing superb sport to both streamers and more so nymphs such as buzzers, crunchers, PTN, HE, […]
March has flown by, once spring arrives, everyone wants to go fly fishing, it’s the start of the season traditionally and the weather is improving (at least I feel better if I tell myself that some days). March saw the start of our beginners fly fishing course program for 2023. All were fully booked and […]
Welcome to our Spring 2023 edition of The Inside Line, delivering key, seasonal fly fishing news, tips, articles, videos, podcasts, reviews and more to you. Note – All feature links will open in a new browser window! A Fly Fishing Power Law! Most of us feel we don’t have enough time for the things we love […]
It’s late February and life is good! Stillwater fly fishing over recent weeks has been good to various techniques presenting nymphs and streamers to trout at key times. We’ve coached a number of clients wanting to up their fly casting skills too. Now with spring on the horizon we have the eagerly anticipated start of […]
The term “trout spey” has become trendy in recent years, but what does it mean? Spey casting is a term used to collectively refer to a group of fly casts enabling you to deliver your fly to fish or holding water where no space for a backcast exists. Traditionally spey casting is associated with salmon […]
Would you like to cast better, fish better, catch more fish, catch more bigger fish or learn how to fly fish, all with limited time commitment? By simply applying the Pareto Principle to your fly fishing, it is possible to rapidly achieve major improvements of 80% for 20% of your effort, thus harnessing the benefit of […]
These bright, clear, crisp days are a joy to be outdoors! 2023 has kicked off with us hosting a variety of fly fishing lessons for people with equally varied levels of experience. Trout have been very keen to feed, leisurely sipping small buzzers and chasing small fish with equal enthusiasm, that requires somewhat more energy […]
Stillwaters 2022 started with a bang, stillwater trout fishing was superb and clients caught some stunning fish during and post lessons, mainly held at Loynton Lakes. Quality fishing continued from winter and through spring and early summer. During this time we shared fly fishing with many people both new to the sport and those of […]
As I write it’s -5C, lakes are are frozen and our Stillwater trout fishing is on pause. On the plus side, when it thaws (which looks likely to be early next week at the moment) fishing will be epic as ice out triggers feeding during that key time of 11AM-3PM. Rivers remain free flowing too […]
Between September and now there has been a dramatic change. Stillwater trout fishing has exploded in terms of productivity, action increasing in relation to water temperatures falling. Our river trout season ended early October on a real high with some good fish caught right to the end. Then it was time for our Autumn salmon […]
