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IN THE MAY ISSUE

Hatch of the day

Spring olive tactics

Red-hot Mayfly

Give trout the hots

Matuka methods

Tying tips and tricks

Haugur the popular

Tie a UK salmon hit

Encouraging steps

...for Maree's salmon

Grab a grannom

Cracking the mass emergence

Springer campaign

Close, but no cigar

Bladderwrack browns

Hunting brackish trout

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Blogs

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    Dry flies and leader length

    Published On: 22.04.25|

    Sometimes adding tiny sections of extra tippet can make the difference between success and failure Best of the session – the addition of one foot of tippet appeared to be the key to success. I finally came across my first ...

  • By Allan Liddle

    Preparing for a fly-tying show

    Published On: 05.02.25|

    How a demonstrator selects his materials for tying at the BFFI. Demonstrator's dilemma: what materials will I need? It's always the same the week before a show, total chaos. You plan out what you want to tie or ...

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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