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  • By Mark Bowler

    The stark news behind the demise of Draycote, Eyebrook and Thornton trout fisheries

    Published On: 29.02.24|

    High costs, Covid, austerity and dwindling numbers make reservoir trout fishery management a tough business Eyebrook was once kept as a recreational perk for the management of Stewarts & Lloyds steelworks, which owned the reservoir. ...

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    SalmonSchools – open for bookings

    Published On: 01.02.24|

    The SalmonSchool enters its 19th year of providing expert salmon fishing tuition, experience, food and accommodation, plus among the best chances of catching a salmon in the UK! Hosted by Anthony Steel of Kirkwood & Mark Bowler editor of Fly Fishing & ...

  • Published On: 20.02.24

    Wet fly fishing on Loch Rannoch

    Loch of the Soldier Palmer Mark Bowler describes a fabulous large loch on which to fish wet fly, in particular the Soldier Palmer. One of the most pleasant, classic ways to spend a day fly fishing is to work a team of wet flies, on a floating line, from a drifting boat on a ...

  • perfect cats whisker
    Published On: 20.02.24

    Tips and tricks to produce neater, better looking marabou flies

    Gavin Jehu – The Marabou Magician – offers tricks and tips (plus his own magic tool) to produce neater, better-looking and more effective marabou flies. Fluffy, furry heads, tails ...

  • man in river fishing for trout in tuscany
    Published On: 25.09.23

    Trout fishing in Tuscany

    John Capowski heads to four markedly different rivers for Trout fishing in Tuscany and Umbria regions of Italy.

  • Marryat HX 10ft fly rod
    Published On: 15.03.24

    Marryat 10ft #4/5 Tactical HX Limited Edition Fly Rod

    Built for modern Nymphing: The Marryat 10ft #4/5 Tactical HX Limited Edition Fly Rod The Marryat 10ft #4/5 Tactical HX Limited Edition Fly Rod comes in a chunky rectangular aluminium tube – large, relatively heavy, very robust, room for a couple of rods and, frankly, excellent! The rod itself is four-piece and comes with a ...

  • Published On: 27.11.23

    Pre-tied cock pheasant fibre Daddy and Hopper legs

    Ready-tied Cock Pheasant Knotted Tails and Daddy Legs and Hopper Legs from Veniard About 13cm section (5 inches) from a cock pheasant tail. Individual fibres on both ...

  • Published On: 03.05.23

    Wizz tools attach by magnetism

    Magnetic tools including Tungsten-carbide Nippers, Nippers, Hook Sharpeners and Peang multi-tool 

  • Published On: 19.01.24

    Modern ways with Waddington shanks

    Magnus Angus demonstrates how the Waddington shank can be used to carry a single hook, and how this can relate to it being used for salmon and sea trout in  modern fishing styles

  • Published On: 05.12.23

    Up close with sharks and jacks in the harbour

    The big lemon sharks and jacks that patrol the harbour at the FF&FT Saltwater Flats Fly-fishing School in the Bahamas always attract attention. Denis Symonds got up close with ...

  • Published On: 27.11.23

    Tying a Shipman’s Buzzer

    Shipman's Buzzer is a superb emerger to use when midges (buzzers) are hatching from the surface of a stillwater or reservoir. It can be fished static or pulled. ...

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