Rain, High Winds & Big Trout on Dry Flies | A Fly Fishing Short
It rained and howled all day. Still, we hit the river in hope. Lucky we did... https://youtu.be/LWPqei8N3cQ
It rained and howled all day. Still, we hit the river in hope. Lucky we did... https://youtu.be/LWPqei8N3cQ
Going where only a few venture. Watching pools and waiting for rising trout. Sometimes, they show themselves... https://youtu.be/QhVIg2fkeec
In this video, I tie the famous CdC and Elk, a pattern (developed by Hans Weilenmann back in the 1980s as a result of his time spent fishing in Montana) wielding CdC as an alternative to the equally famous rooster-hackled cadis imitation, the Elk-Haired Caddis. This is a pattern that…
Fresh in through the door after a fantastic day of teaching at the wonderful Tregate Angling Club's 2024 members' open day and BBQ. Based on the River Monnow on the Wales/England border, this is a truly fantastic group of passionate anglers who eagerly work to promote wild fish, habitat protection…
The Klinkhamer Special needs no introduction. Developed by Hans van Klinken in the 1960s, the pattern has become known as one of the most widely used flies worldwide. I love this pattern when fishing my home waters in South Wales, UK, and more so on the small, fast-running streams for…
This is a pattern that (if you've ever fished with me) you'll know is on my leader pretty much every outing, and sometimes regardless of what's hatching. This is one of those perfect everything-and-nothing flies and one that imitates not just midge but also small olives/mayflies/Ephemeroptera. Materials Hook: Fulling Mill…
She's finally starting to wake up. After what seemed like a season full of heavy rain and high levels, May finally gave the feel of a river alive with invertebrates. More importantly, trout were looking up. https://youtu.be/miM2gcJct8g
It was sunny during Bryn’s lunchtime walk to the park. Despite the slight chill, snowdrops, crocuses, and daffodils proudly sunned themselves while hazel and birch joyfully flaunted healthy blankets of catkins. The blackbird’s song and deafening sparrow fight reflected this late winter/almost spring afternoon rather perfectly. Bryn sniffed at the…
"I can't see what they're taking. What should I use?" "I've tried every fly in my box, but I just can't get the trout to look at my fly!" Dimple rises. Those tiny, sometimes almost imperceptible indentations of evidence of feeding trout. Even on the coldest days on our Welsh…
A cold start followed by warmth, but several stalling hatches of Brook Duns, Large Dark Olives, Chironomids and Alderflies (likely due to the cold north-easterly gusts) failed to elicit any significant surface activity throughout the day. Luckily, we did find one consistently surface-feeding trout, creating the type of rise which…