Waiting is a necessary evil of travel it turns out sometimes it isn't a bad strategy on a trout stream either.

Experimentation and modification of the F Fly has resulted in a new favourite pattern for me. Success on the rivers of Mid Wales has secured this fly's place in my boxes

What’s this? A new initiative to post some information primarily designed for novice fly anglers if you see “The Beginners Page Logo” it means that the post is primarily designed to help novice anglers but of course everyone is welcome to read and comment. I hope that you will it might help end up with […]

A short post about the origins of fly casting why it is different and encouragement that anyone can learn to do it.

Tough days aren’t always bad days Things for many of us are returning to some sort of normal after all the upsets of Covid lockdowns vaccinations and the like. I can freely enter a bottle store and purchase some kind of alcoholic beverage and legally now transport that in my car without fear of arrest […]

Catching lots of fish and beginning to experiment I switched over to 8X Stroft GTM tippet. What started out as a challenge actually became standard operating procedure for the rest of the trip.

After literally months of planning and interruptions related to COVID regulations last year we finally got our moment ‘in the sun’. Our trip to the Bokong River in the highlands of Lesotho was on. It’s a long trip from Cape Town on the Southern tip of the African continent to reach the “Mountain Kingdom” even […]

Thoughts on tying better ant patterns with more defined segmentation. To me segmentation is a key factor in success of ant patterns.

Last year failure and disappointment in 2022 hope springs eternal as we plan another trip to the Bokong River in Lesotho

The three fish rule isn't really a rule it is a simple strategy which can help one avoid panic and stay focused. Keep you mind while all about your are losing theirs.

A glorious day on a special piece of water and still learning how sparse a pattern the fish will target.

The “Barometer Question” is really a test of the correct positioning of a question when used to measure the understanding of the person answering it. It has seen several variations but the central theme is much the same. In the barometer question the query is “describe how you may use a barometer to measure the […]

We like to imagine that compared to my youth modern business offers better and more customer orientated service. Recent events strongly suggest that this isn't the case.

Apparently (and I admit to having no first-hand knowledge of the subject) those unfortunate enough to become addicted to narcotics spend their lives in continuous and inevitable decline in an effort to “reproduce their first hit”. Attempts to once again experience the intoxication of that first exposure which according to the pundits will inevitabl...

Watching fly fishing videos has left me frustrated here is one of the reasons why.

The sentiments are the same in nearly every piece one reads that 2020 was something of a ball breaker and indeed it certainly has been. Trouble is that the simple ticking of a clock a notional “New Year” and a couple of fireworks displays if they are allowed to continue aren’t going to change much. […]

I have recently enjoyed the pleasure of doing a few tutorial guiding trips with relative novices. There is something both stressful and at the same time predictable about these sessions. Of course it helps if the fish are being cooperative and at least out and about feeding. For novices having lots of potential targets does […]

Tutorial Guiding On the water I provide two quite different types of guiding services the first is plain and simple getting a visiting client into as many fish as possible and trying to ensure that they have the most productive and enjoyable day. Perhaps we will focus a bit on finding sighted fish to target […]

The Feather Mechanic The sun is barely rising over the green hills of the high country of Lesotho and shimmering on the waters of “Home Pool” of the Bokong River. Most of us are wearily rising from our beds shaking off the aches and pains of the last few days of intense fishing and […]

I have a reputation for verbosity something that has been with me since childhood but even then I do try to only write if I have something worth saying. Of course what I consider worth saying and you consider worth reading may well not be the same thing it is simply the risk of publishing […]