Why every bag needs an air-tag
Losing a bag full of fishing gear is the last thing a travelling angler needs By Mark Bowler It's always a sick-in-the-pit-of-the-stomach feeling. I know, ...
The good old days of fly tying
How modern threads and genetic hackles have made tying flies easier Modern 18/0 thread, so handy for smaller flies. By Magnus Angus This week, I ...
Fly photos and that blue background
Why I'm not a fan of it. Blue background, the fly looks well exposed to me Same capture, poorly processed. I have fly-tying books where ...
China syndrome
Supply of capes and feathers from China diminishing Golden pheasant stocks from China are now limited.Photo: Shutterstock/Wang LiQiang First, a peeve. I have never seen ...
New Hook Scale to Old
Converting old hook sizes to new ones Ever read an old fishing book and come up against a hook size you don’t understand? Looking up ...
Swivels on fly leaders?
Is the use of swivels in our terminal tackle a new development in our sport? istock/Oleg Petrjakov Fly fishers: do you tie a swivel into ...
Line, life and misinformation
The cracked tip of a new fly line. A beginner fly fisher tried casting without a leader and noticed the line made a cracking noise. The ...
Drought does strange things: that’s why I was sedge fishing on an April night in Scotland
These dry, drought-threatening conditions were are experiencing are testing enough for fly fishers on rivers, but what, I wonder, happens to insect-life on a gradually ...
Dry flies and leader length
Sometimes adding tiny sections of extra tippet can make the difference between success and failure Best of the session – the addition of one foot ...