Gallos de Leon, Rihnon, Pardo Oscuro Coq de Leon feathers are a wonder to behold and once you have tied with them it is hard to go back to any other tailing material, the sparkle of the straight stiff barbs together with their...
French Leader – What, Where, How
It was in mid 2009 that I started to delve into french leader techniques after reading an interesting article on the method in the angling press. The article was fairly brief about the methodology and practicality of its...
French Nymphing Leader Set Up
I have often been asked to describe how to set up the leader for French nymphing.Β The sketch above...
Grannom Bonanza -the early season feast
April on my home river beats marks a natural phenomenon known as the Grannom hatch. At its peak a...
Teardrop Nymphs for Snaggy Waters
Why Use Tear Drop Nymphs ? Well what I was looking forΒ was an alternativeΒ to bead head flies but...
Spanish Nymphing β Magic Mary Perdigon fly
This season I decided to expand my βEuro nymphingβ techniques of czech and french leader and...
Post Industrial Urban Splendour
The floods of boxing day 2015 caused significant damage to the bridge at Copley The remains...
Tungsten Teardrop Nymphs by Barrie Duffy
These amazing tungsten teardrop nymphs