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Sunday September 5th 2010

Posts Tagged ‘fly fishing’

Fly Fishing Trout ? A Biologist?s Point of View with Brian Chan

Fy fishingGreat news! You can now listen to our interview with Brian Chan on a biologist's point of view on fly fishing trout. We interviewed Brian this week and the show [...]

Crystal River Fly Fishing Combo Kit

Crystal River Fly Fishing Combo Kit

8 foot 3 piece fly rod, 6/7 weight rod and reel, Emerald Green E-Glass Blank, Eva Foam Grip, Graphite Reel Seat w. Stainless Steel hoodsAluminum oxide stripper guideGraphite body, Right hand retrieve reel, Built-in hook keeperFly line, Tapered leaderTwo flies, Instructions for tying five basic fishing knots [...]

Shetland Sea Trout Back in Droves

Shetland Sea Trout Back in Droves

After 20 years of recording terrible catch rates for sea trout, anglers on the Shetland Isles could have been forgiven for giving up hope of catching a sea trout in the Isle's lochs and burns, but two decades of no more than ten sea trout per year were turned on their head in 2007, with a total of 471 caught: nearly 50 times the yearly [...]

Gone Fishing?

Well, its been quite some time since I set up this Fly Fishing blog and I haven't written anything for an age. This summer has quite possibly been the worst I've ever experienced in terms of rain, and that, coupled with moving (and renovating) a house has severely cut down my bank time to absolue zero. Obviously, we fish in water, so rain [...]

Untapped Mayfly Hatch

Yesterday marked the end, at least where I am, of a welcome warm spell in the UK, weather-wise. As a result, we spent the afternoon by my local river, whereupon I witnessed one of the biggest mayfly hatches I've ever seen... and didn't have my rod. In actual fact, as I have neither the permission to fish the stretch of river I was on, nor a UK [...]