Under normal circumstances, I might not have ventured out yesterday but with the threat of some much needed rain and commitments to honour later in the week, I was back on the Derbyshire Wye.   The Wye at this time of the year is all about Mayfly. This important insect was successfully reintroduced to the…

Having missed Winter and Spring, it was a little weird to be fishing in the toughest Summer conditions on only my third visit to a river this year. I’m not complaining mind you as I know many of you are still unable to get to the rivers you love so when you can, here’s what…

You may recall that I was subject to a run of bad luck recently during which I lost a treasured nymph box and broke my nymphing rod. Not only did this double disaster have a severe effect on my mood, but it forced me to re-evaluate certain behaviour and procedures, most obviously, “look where you’re…

A short morning lesson lesson on the Dee today meant that I could spend the afternoon catching up on admin etc. I bade my client Tim ‘Au Revoir” and left him happily searching for something a little larger than the 20 plus small Grayling, Trout and Salmon Parr we’d caught.   Heading back to the…

One of my fellow CADAC committee members is a very successful Salmon and Sea Trout angler. Admittedly, he lives quite close to the river but his success rate is much higher than most. He doesn’t class himself as a great angler but he catches plenty of very good fish. So what’s his big secret? He…