So I get a lot of emails from people. Especially now that the new season is approaching and people are thinking fishy thoughts. My visitor numbers have doubled as usual at this time and so have the emails. Usually they are the usual what flies, what rod variety with the possibility of meeting new people…
In Memorial
Ah yes, a happy Monday morning to you all! I was looking through my photographs when I came across this. It says: In memory of Julie Nybo & “Titch” who loved the estate. March 2003 I often take photos of random objects thinking that I will post and blog about them and then forget, and…
Matching the Hatch
So this year I am determined to actually identify the flies on the water. Last year at the start of the season the trout were going crazy for the large dark olives, so I have been tying up many patterns. I suppose fly identification and fly fishing go hand in hand! Therefore I have been…
Small Stream Fishing
Here is a book I highly recommend to all new fishers of rivers. Or for that matter those just wanting to brush up 🙂
BBC NEWS | UK | Extra fish planned for UK rivers
BBC NEWS | UK | Extra fish planned for UK rivers I am a firm believer that young people should have a hobby and this just proves it. It is allso good to see they are highlinghting fishing as being one of the most popular leisure pursuits, helping sustain 20,000 jobs in the industry and…
Sorry about the everything going wonky!
If you have been using IE you may have noticed that the sidebar went a bit wonkey around a week ago. The sidebar ended up away down on the page. This is because of a wonky bit of code somewhere that jiggered everything up. As I use firefox I did not notice, it was just…
The world NEEDS a bad day fishing!
A nice post over at Muskoka Outdoors Blog
Riverkeeper.co.uk
If there is something I like, other than a bargain, it is good service. I have written about Riverkeeper before but thought I would again just in case you missed it. It is now nearly the start of the season and I am doing my usual getting my tackle sorted out, what I need new…
A Walk along the Leven
So I found myself taking a stoat along beside the River Leven today as it was on my journey. I seen a couple of Salmon fly fishers out and a fair few bait and spin fishers too. I came up to the barrage gates and wondered whether this place was still hammered by bait fisherman….
Its Grim up North!
I went for a wander along to the Vet School on Sunday. It was pretty grim, I hope it starts to heat up a little bit, I suppose a month can make all the difference though in fly fishing. I might add that if Bird Flu hits the UK then this stretch will be off…