Winter Brown
Invariably, when the trout season opens in Yorkshire, many a river angler will be seen fishing a team of north country wet flies through the cold and often low and…
The Fancy Flies of T.K. Wilson
During his service in the R.A.F. the well-known angler and author T.K. Wilson planned the idea of a book dedicated to the subject of “Fancy Flies”. Unfortunately, Wilson’s intended publication…
The Summer Goose
A Curious Case Of A North Country Spider Dressing In the wide gamut of curious names ascribed to north country spiders, the old fly-fishers of Wharfedale had it appears a…
A Manuscript Of Flies
It immediately intrigued me when the catalogue for an upcoming auction first appeared in my inbox. When amongst the usual lots of fishing reels and assorted bric-à-brac, I spied a…
The Golden Days of Romilly Fedden
Fly-fishing books of the period between the two world wars have long maintained a deep individual fascination. They are my personal hinterland, granting me the space to think; to take…
Trout Fishing On Hill Streams
In his introduction to Trout Fishing On Hill Streams, Richard Clapham remarks “that on rock, fast-flowing streams the “one-fly” man can easily kill as many or more trout than the angler with the bulging flybook who is for ever changing his feathered lures.”
Fishing The Upstream Wet Fly in Pocket Waters
Fishing The Upstream Wet Fly in Pocket Waters The upstream presentation of traditional soft hackled wet flies on rivers is a subject close to my heart. It is a presentation…
Sunshine and the Dry Fly
Over the past few months, I’ve become fascinated by J. W. Dunne and his mathematical approach to the invention and tying of dry fly patterns with translucent bodies. Name checked…