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On those chill winter evenings perhaps glass in hand we might conjure up images of fishing either in the past or potential future. But those images rarely include struggling to cast into a frigid gale slinging tungsten on a tight line rig or stumblin...

I have been asked more than once by anglers and non-anglers alike; “What makes a good fly fisherman?”. It can be interesting to ponder because at first glance one could suggest that it would be the guy who casts the best or ties the neatest flies per...

Dimples on the far bank. I have had a LOT of adjusting to do since moving to Wales; a gorgeous place with gorgeous people lovely scenery and pretty good fishing. BUT the fishing is quite different to what I was used to in the Western Cape of South Af...

As Forrest Gump famously noted “you never know what you are going to get” and so it was with my most recent foray onto a section of the Upper Wye River. I had been out the day before and drummed up a few grayling and the occasional trout on an emerge...

No doubt if you have read many of my blog posts you will know that I am far more of a “presentationist” than an “imitationist”. This is to a degree a little embarrassing for someone who has published articles and books on fly tying. To be fair my fly...