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Bosnian dream

Trophies from transparent streams

Brush up nicely

Dubbing brush techniques

Copper-bottomed fry

An electric tying idea

Dog-day dodges

How to escape the heat

This one's got legs

Secret grayling fly

Procter on presentation

Paul's tips to beat drag

Leather fly wallets

Win Art Merk's craft

Seeing red

Maximise the Red Frances

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Blogs

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  • By Mark Bowler

    A perfect evening rise

    Published On: 11.06.24|

    Why sit at home watching TV, when you could be making the most of a warm sunset Brown trout spots and colours highlighted in the evening light. The last warm evening we had – which ...

  • By Mark Bowler

    When spring trout refuse to rise

    Published On: 07.05.24|

    Wet-fly and Nymph tactics for when trout refuse to show on the surface Trophy brown trout from a small tributary. Last time I wrote of the dearth of insects and rising fish on my early ...

Features

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  • A classically hooked salmon, the hook in the scissors of the jaw.
    Published On: 28.03.24

    How to hook a salmon

    Alastair Gowans looks at the ways salmon take a fly and what this means for the fly angler in terms of hooking a fish

  • Published On: 28.03.24

    The secret to catching more mullet

    Seasoned mullet fly-fisher, Colin MacLeod, is convinced that red in a fly pattern is the secret to catching more mullet

  • giant milkfish caught on fly
    Published On: 28.03.24

    Milkfish in the Seychelles

    Tony Richards recounts a meeting with a huge milkfish in the Seychelles, the awesomely powerful, algae-grazing leviathans of the Indo-Pacific

Reviews

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  • Published On: 27.08.24

    ThrustMe Kicker electric remote-control outboard

    ThrustMe Kicker portable electric outboard with in-built rechargeable battery and remote control

  • Published On: 03.07.24

    Celestial Meteor WF5F fly line

    Celestial Fly Lines Meteor floating line review

  • Published On: 21.06.24

    Vision Nahka wading boots

    A search for durable, hard-wearing, long-lasting wading boots

Videos

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  • Published On: 27.08.24

    ThrustMe Kicker portable outboard with in-built electric battery and remote control

    ThrustMe Kicker portable, electric outboard engine with in-built rechargeable battery and hand-held remote control

  • Published On: 17.05.24

    Be prepared for the Mayfly with this detached-body Dun

    Oliver Edwards uses foam, moose hair and thread to create a detached body Mayfly Dun dry fly with a deer-hair wing, ready for the imminent Mayfly – green drake ...

  • Published On: 20.03.24

    Tying the Silver Fritz Humungous

    How to tie the Silver Fritz Humungous – a bead-chain eyed combination of black marabou, silver flash and grizzle hackle – tied by Magnus Angus for fishing early season ...

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