Fly Shop Update

Having supplied a selection of accessories via the fly shop section of our main site during the past 2 years, we've just taken things a stage further!

As an Orvis endorsed guide service, it made sense to suggest equipment I use and clients use on our trips. Reason? Simple, it's gear I know works and lasts under usage most fly fishers never put gear through (i.e. it gets used a lot). The additional upside is the extremely good customer service and guarantee Orvis provide.

So all in all you cannot loose when buying this equipment. What more can you ask for in times when making every penny you spend work for you really matters? Visit the fly shop and top up your supplies for spring!

Tight Lines

Steve

Feb 09 Fishng

Plenty of cracking sport with hard fighting winter rainbows for both clients and myself this month. Fishing small flies is not something many anglers do, on some days 16-18 buzzers were the key to not blanking! As temperatures improved, fish were more inclined to chase fry, providing some great sport.

On the river we were quiet client wise, many of you gearing up for the trout season to come or prepping for trips abroad, taking casting lessons. I maybe in a minority, however I'm fed up with grayling fishing!

Instead I've gone back to chub, enjoying bugging a couple of local rivers, landing some great conditioned fish to around 3lbs in recent weeks. Why the switch? The average fish size is far larger than with grayling and winter chub are in prime condition, fighting every once of their weight. With a good chance of wild fish to 5lbs on a 4 weight rod, that is what I call good winter sport!

Still time to get a few trips in, remember rivers close for coarse fishing after 14th March. Hopefully will get a few pike trips in too.

Tight lines

Steve

Cool Posts Feb 2009

With posting at a minimum during the 1st 2 months of this year, I'm going to introduce a few new ideas to spice things up during the coming weeks. This is the first, providing my take on some great recent fly fishing blog posts, enjoy!
Fishing Scotland
Pike Comedy at Urban Flyfisher
David Edwards chasing UK pike on fly

Let us know your comments and favorite sites or posts via the comments section below.

Best Fishes

Steve

Flies, Fluff & Fishing

I just realised the entire of January went by without me posting a single time! Where have I been and what have I been up to? Well several eager voucher recipients from Christmas were keen to hit the water and are now emphatically switched on to winter fly fishing. All experienced great sport at either Loynton Fisheries or Watermark Fisheries and had their arms pulled off by feisty rainbows in mint condition.

We also hit the river after grayling and inspite of freezing conditions at times, found a few fish each day grubbing around hard on the river bed.

In between I'm tying like mad in preparation for spring and the start of the river trout season. Incase you are unaware, the season on the Wye will kick off earlier this year on March 18th. While much early season sport centers around nymph fishing, the trout are brought to the surface most days by short, heavy hatches of large dark olives especially if the day is on the rough weather side.

For further details on our Derbyshire Wye fishing and other fly fishing opportunities in 2009, checkout the updated website via the menu.

Tight Lines

Steve