At the start of the year when covid 19 was just a rumour from far away lands and not too much to...
Category - Fly Fishing
French Leader – What, Where, How
It was in mid 2009 that I started to delve into french leader techniques after reading an...
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...
Hebden Water
Hebden water can be split into three main sections
Spring time on the Wharfe
Some pictures from a day on the Wharfe at Bolton Abbey
The ‘Fly Fishers Knot’
I have enjoyed tying knots ever since I was a boy