It’s official, Spring is here! March has been a very interesting month. Early March saw me presenting at the first London Fly Fishing Fair, a really good event, with a venue and organisation that shows fly fishing in a very good light. It was interesting to contrast my environment during those two days, with my […]
2017 has started where 2016 ended, plenty of quality fly fishing for trout on the lakes. A variety of nymph and lure tactics have been successful and it’s been great to share this with clients who want to improve their existing skill set. Another popular activity right now is tuning up your fly casting in […]
November has treated us well. Overall mild weather, stunning seasonal colours and some great fly fishing. On the lakes, many clients enjoyed sport with hard fighting rainbow, blue and brown trout during lessons. Fish came to a range of flies, from roach imitating streamers to the sparsest nymphs, depending on conditions. Late November saw Andy […]
October is a month of mixed blessings. It sees the end of our river trout fishing season, which as usual ended on a high, with lots of fish and some big ones too. On the plus side, stillwater fishing really comes into it’s own once more. This year, the prolonged mild weather has been good […]
Summer fly fishing on the Derbyshire Wye remains good. The water has remained clear and the sight fishing is so much fun right now. Hatches of up winged flies and caddis, plus spinner falls and terrestrial insects are encouraging trout to feed at the surface. When they don’t, we switch to nymph fishing. Stillwater fishing […]
Typically, the May/June period has been hectic, everyone wants to fish at the same time. Catches overall have been good on lake and river despite volatile weather. With the arrival of mid summer, lake fishing is slowing up for trout as waters warm, trout food is way more plentiful and your fly has substantially more […]
March and early April have provided excellent fly fishing opportunities on still waters large and small. The buzzer fishing has really taken off on the lakes now, a selection of black, red and olive pupa have produced fish most days. When the hatch is not on, lures fished on floating, intermediate and sinking lines […]
February has been a busy month media wise, with the publication of two pieces in which I have been involved. At the beginning of the month, Trout Fisherman magazine published an article by Peter Cockwill, on the benefits of using guides. Peter joined me for the day at Loynton Fisheries, where we shared experiences and […]
Fly fishing during January 2016 carried on where December left off, with some superb days. Overall we’ve had good catches this month, despite a very brief visit from a proper winter and the weather being less stable than it had during the latter part of 2015. The usual mix of nymph and lure patterns have […]
Stillwater trout fishing is on fire right now, the consistent, mild weather means trout are feeding very actively. Most days we are seeing fly hatches at some point and nymphing fish, it’s like mid spring! Buzzers and general nymph patterns, like a hares ear nymph are some of the flies working well. Earlier and later […]
