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
Northumberland sea trout fly
Leigh Final has spent many years fishing Northumberland's river Coquet for sea trout. Here, he gives us the definitive pattern on which he pins his faith
World’s best fly fisher
Howard Croston explains the thought-processes, tactics and four of the flies behind his 2019 World Championship-winning success in Tasmania
A new flame
Duncan Egan ties his hot salmon fly, the Flamethrower.
The Hairy Hotchkiss
Chris Sandford takes us through how to tie the 'Hairy Hotchkiss'.
Harbingers of spring
Peter Lapsley describes the river fly fisher's four harbingers of spring the March Brown, the grannom, the Large Dark Olive and the Hawthorn and ties the March Brown Nymph, March Brown Spider, March Brown Emerger, March Brown Dun, PT&HE Nymph, Goddard's Super Grizzly, Grannom Pupa, Grannom Dry and Hawthorn Fly
Make do, or mend?
Alastair Gowans says control of the salmon fly after casting is vital to success, and explains why upstream mending and downstream mending is sometimes vitally important.
Sea trout homework
45 sea trout in six days? Dave Grove says that studying prevailing conditions in the watershed and in the sea can contribute significantly to success
Loch style and bob flies
Stan Headley explains the terminology and tactics when fishing 'over the front' of a drifting boat
