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Spring Fly Fishing Trip On The River Teviot In The Borders Of Scotland

Tim — Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:25:30 +0000

Norfolk Fly Fishing is very pleased to announce that we are offering another fabulous fly fishing in scotland guided trip. The guided fly fishing trip will be on the River Teviot in the Scottish Borders and as usual I will be on hand to ensure you have a terrific fishing experience and show you great casting techniques with both single and double handed rods – whatever your ability!

The Fishing There are 4 rods available for the week (6 days) or on a half week basis (3 days Monday

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Fly Fishing Equipment – Pre Season Checkup

Tim — Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:39:43 +0000

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

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Fly Fishing Women

Tim — Mon, 22 Feb 2010 03:35:27 +0000

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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Fly Fishing Basics | Part 2

Tim — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 05:54:47 +0000

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

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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

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Fly Fishing Basics | Part 1

Tim — Thu, 29 Oct 2009 07:40:30 +0000

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

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UK Fly Fishing Season Enters The Last Few Days

Tim — Sun, 04 Oct 2009 11:35:27 +0000

The UK fly fishing for brown trout season has all but ended, depending on where you live; but don’t hang up your rods just yet, as there are still some great opportunities for you in the coming autumn.

Fresh Rainbow Trout For Dinner? These three beauties were caught in a small stocked lake in Scotland by a complete beginner during his first fly fishing lesson.

Many of the

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