Successfully fly fishing rivers during summer requires a different approach to spring. Broadly speaking, river levels will be lower, with clearer water. Many anglers seem deterred by such conditions. It is in fact an opportunity for fabulous fishing, fun and learning! Beautiful brooks, streams and rivers are found throughout the country and await your exploration. […]
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 […]
The last few weeks of our river trout season provide excellent fly fishing opportunities which are surprisingly, often ignored by many anglers. This early to mid autumn period is when brown trout often go on a feeding binge as temperatures cool and they prepare for spawning during late autumn when fishing has ended. With this […]
Autumn is here and with it the final weeks of our river trout season. No need to be sad, what weeks they are and with it, ever improving sport (well for the remainder of the year) on our stillwaters too. Join Steve bankside below to find out more about what’s happening right now and what […]
Our first fishing report post lockdown, Yes! Brought to you by Steve from the banks of Derbyshire’s River Wye.
Spring and a new river trout season are in sight now, so we’ve been keeping an eye on the Derbyshire Wye. It’s our first river venue to open on March 18th. While nymph fishing dominates during the first month, hatches occur most days, providing dry fly opportunities between late morning and mid afternoon typically. Shrimp […]
During 2020 Midlands Fly Fishing are running an extended range of fly fishing opportunities for you to experience and enjoy! Please find details of our fly fishing trips under fly fishing tuition and guided fishing on the websites main menu. To discuss any of these options further, please contact us here or call 07901 744 […]
Steve Yeomans reviews late summer fly fishing, prospects for September, the rest of Autumn and provides a few fly fishing tips to help you catch.
Once again it’s the end of June before we know it. The big hatch so many fly fishers want to fish, Mayfly is all but done for another year. It never really exploded in 2019, instead we have seen a steady trickle hatch across all our venues that has gone on for an extended period […]
We released “Stillwater Fly Fishing – Your Guide to Success” in December 2018. We received excellent feedback by fly fishers worldwide from the start. So with spring here and a wealth of great fly fishing ahead, if you don’t have a copy yet, now is the time. Checkout the clip below!
