The Trout season is drawing to a close and there is the nagging feeling that we’re heading for another total lockdown. Those two factors have made for another very busy week on the rivers as many of us squeeze in those ‘additional’ last minute outings.   The conditions have been challenging too as high winds…

Have you ever got to the boundary marker of a beat and seen fish rising just out of reach on another clubs water? The solution is obvious, join both clubs! This is exactly what CADAC vice chairmen Dylan has done for years so his offer of a guest ticket was eagerly accepted. CADAC‘s St. David’s…

Hoylake fly fishers have access to the Bala waters and as someone who loves to fish small trout streams, I was excited to see that there were several of the Dee‘s tributaries available on the ticket. Exploring an unknown water is always exciting but can be a little ‘hit and miss’. There are many factors…

Traditionally, fly fishing has been seen as the preserve of the middle/upper class male but that is all changing. Theses days though, fly fishing is gaining in popularity across the board and prime time TV is showing it to be more accessible and less rigid than it once was.   Years ago, the buffoonery of…

Those tortuously long and hot summer fishing days are almost a distant memory. But worry not, these shorter autumnal days are generally far more productive. It’s been possible to run several morning lessons and still capitalise on the great fishing conditions in the afternoons. Friday mornings casting lessons were a challenge in the 6m/s winds…

After having an impending birthday gathering postponed by the Prime Minister, Mike was left looking for alternative ways to celebrate his upcoming ‘big‘ birthday. The full extent of Mikes importance cannot be divulged on these pages, suffice it to say that he had his chauffeur, Brian drive him up to the Dee for a days…

A full day of casting lessons yesterday at Chirk left me with a nice little break in the middle of the day. Instead of having lunch, I decided to reacquaint myself with the stretch of the river Ceiriog that runs alongside the fishery. There were no fish rising so I chose a small nymph and…

Having cancelled this weeks guiding on the Dee due to poor conditions, I was presented with another opportunity to go out and fish. The Derbyshire Wye is often fishable when the Dee is not so I went back to do some more dry fly fishing.   Again, it was the small cdc patterns that managed…