You never know who you’re going to run into on the river. After my adventures up on the Eden, I headed for an afternoons fishing the Wye near Monsal Dale. To be honest I was hoping to find the car park empty and have the water to myself but when I arrived there were 3…

The Tufton Arms Hotel in Appleby has always been one of my favourite places to visit but my stays there have never without incident. From being trapped in the hotel for 2 extra nights during the floods of 2015 to catching probably my biggest ever Brown Trout from a river, it always provides a story….

  I recently noticed that one of the pockets on my old fly fishing vest was coming apart and after around 10 years of hard fly fishing, the vest in general was looking a little shabby. In order to perpetuate the illusion of professionalism, I decided to finally ‘invest’ in a new one. Even though…

I caught this beautiful Wild Brown Trout on a nymph recently and when I was taking the trophy shot, I noticed that it had something else stuck to it. Occasionally, you’ll find leeches attached to fish in slow, silty water but this fish came from a strong, shallow riffle. Close inspection revealed that it was…

Along with Large Dark Olives, Grannom are one of those flies that can help really kick start the Trout season as they too can hatch in huge numbers.   The Grannom (pictured) is just one of around 100 species of Caddis flies (also referred to as sedges) that are found in the UK. In fairness,…