May 2006
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An embarrassment of riches
It's easy to be fooled this month, says Peter Lapsley. Fishing hatch-matching flies on the rivers and chalkstreams will not necessarily guarantee you heavy baskets
An outer isles experience
Mark Bowler heads west, to find the sea trout and salmon stocks are better than he expected, and the trout potential is even greater than he imagined
Beyond the limit
Malcolm Greenhalgh has been a supporter of salmon hatcheries for years, but he now questions their existence
Breaking the rules
Tomonori Higashi and Bill Logan introduce us to a Japanese tyer whose flies do the unexpected
Casting in Castro's bay of plenty
There were no Grand Slams, but the recent FF&FT readers' trip to Cuba proved to be an outstanding success
Don't adjust the contrast
Two differing Yorkshire waters – the River Ure and Scar House reservoir – offer Geoffrey Bucknball majestic wild trout sport
Don't shoot from the hip
Casting from a float tube shouldn't leave you unstable, says Charles Jardine
Fruit from the heather
Allan Liddle says that the scourge of moorland gamekeepers has become a significant part of the loch-trout's diet – and his foam dry fly has become a favourite player for spring
Make a connection
"Ireland's best all-round fly of 2005" – Irish lough expert, Larry Gibb, relates how the Telephone Fly came about
Pike corner
David Wolsoncroft-Dodds begins a new monthly pike-fishing series
Small minded
How to convert followers into takers
The Dunne/Cove Pheasant Tail
The ideas of Dunne and Cove combine to make a great Pheasant Tail Nymph
The Gosling
Mick Huffer ties the Gosling, not just a great wet fly for Mayfly time, but also a first-class attractor
Victor's conquerors
John Todd profiles a man of the Mourne, whose subtle colour variations and make-up of his flies are vital for this classic salmon river
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