I find it is a good idea to check through all your fly fishing equipment in the month or two before the fishing season starts.
There’s nothing worse than turning up for your first day’s fishing to find that something is missing, or the floating line is sinking, or the flies are mixed up or the wrong size, or the reel has jammed up; need I go on.
I am sure these and many more problems have happened to us all at some time or another so let’s see what we can do to make to
continue reading>> Fly Fishing Equipment – Pre Season Checkup
I have just read an excellent article in the Express.co.uk about fly fishing women. I’ll put a link at the bottom of this post, but in a nutshell the article talks about three British women’s journey into the wonderful world of fly fishing. The lovely ladies in question are: Martha Thomson, Lucy Bowden and Carol-Anne Armstrong.
I have to say that as a game angling instructor I have found that over the many years I have been instructing, there has been a significant and welcome increase in women taking up the sport either individually or with their partners.
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In Fly Fishing Basics part 2 we take a look at the two building blocks of fly fishing:
The Roll Cast and The Overhead Cast
The Roll Cast
Watch the video
We use ‘clock face principal’ where your rod tip is pointing to the water at 8 o’clock and pointing vertically at 12 o’clock
Grip the rod as if you are shaking hands with someone
Start with the rod tip at the water (8 0′clock)
Lift your rod to the 12 o’clock position with your thumb, pointing vertically, just off your right eye (assuming you are right handed; obviously reverse this if you are using your
continue reading>> Fly Fishing Basics | Part 2
I am happy to announce that I have recently added another great fly fishing location here in Norfolk from where I will be running extra beginners and improvers fly fishing lessons. See dates below.
Blackdyke Fishery in Feltwell, Norfolk has just been opened to the public and comprises of a terrific 8 acre lake that has in fact been established for several years. The fishing is proving to be all you would want from a small stillwater; there are plenty of hard fighting fish, all in the peak of condition.
Situated on the edge of the Norfolk fens, the fishery sits within
continue reading>> Fly Fishing Lessons At Blackdyke Fishery, Norfolk
These fly fishing basics are part 1 of a series which I will do my best to update as often as possible. In the video below, I give you some basic tips on rods and reels and I also talk a little about fly fishing vests. In this post, however, I will go into a little more detail about your basic fly fishing outfit.
I’m putting these basic tips together really for anyone contemplating taking
continue reading>> Fly Fishing Basics | Part 1
