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Water companies blamed as drought and heatwave takes toll on fish
Fish-kills 'highest since 2014' as English, Welsh and Irish fisheries prepare for drought and high temperatures UK ...
New environment body forces change to salmon farms
ESS forces out open-net farmers' use of acoustic deterrent devices Environmental bodies protecting dolphins in Scotland have ...
Anglers urged to have their say on Great Western Lakes
Great Western Lakes public consultation gets underway in Ireland Lough Cuillin is one of the seven Great ...
Blogs
By Mark Bowler
Under pressure
One of those nights when physics rules the fishing Pressure falling... not good. It all looked good from the office window. The cloud had thickened, it was warm, and there were a few fish in ...
By Allan Liddle
Tying the Dirty Deer Hair Emerger
How to incorporate grizzle hackle into the Deer Hair Emerger The Dirty DHE adds more bulk to the wing for fishing heavier, rougher water. Despite the love I have for omitting materials where I can ...
Features
130 years of Lake Vyrnwy
In 1889 a land was lost, an engineer smiled, but tears ran down the cheeks of relocated residents, like the first heavy raindrops soaking the dammed Llandwyddn Valley. As ...
Fitting a fly line and backing to a reel
How to fit a fly line and backing to a reel, so it fills the spool perfectly
Reviews
Semperfli kapok dubbing
Review of kapok a natural, fine, allergy-free vegetable dry fly dubbing
Minn Kota Endura 45lb 12V electric outboard
I've always had a hankering to own an electric outboard. Not necessarily to get around a water, but for the various controls that it can lend whilst fishing, especially ...
Videos
‘Cheats’ to make parachute posting and hackling easier
Struggling to tie parachute dry flies? Here are a few tricks and cheats to make the job a bit easier
Weaving techniques to tie a two-tone Caddis Nymph with Oliver Edwards
Oliver Edwards demonstrates how to weave a two-tone Caddis Nymph, by over-hand knotting two yarns