Alex Jardine

Blue winged olive; I am a fly fishing addict, and whilst any day spent on the water provides me with my fix there is one thing I hope for more

How many casts do you make on a days fishing on a chalkstream? In an ideal world, as many as the amount of fish you catch, that’s presented casts, not

Phil Ratcliffe went fly fishing in Bosnia on an Aardvark McLeod exclusive week in September 2017. Phil is a fully qualified casting instructor, Sage and Fulling Mill representative based in

Despite the early autumn and the damp and windy days the chalkstream rivers are continuing to produce some excellent dry fly fishing. Water levels are still low throughout the south

The River Anton is a wonderful chalkstream flowing into the River Test just above Stockbridge. It features a great variety of wide open shallows, fast weedy sections and deep holes. The river

The River Kennet is one of our favourite chalkstreams, it flows as main river and a complex series of carriers. Between Hungerford and Kintbury the river offers some wonderful trout

Finally after some tough weeks at Oldero Lodge in Norway it looks like the river is starting to clear up on the lower part of the river and the water levels

Week 26 came to a close at Winsnes Lodge with 6 fish landed and over 20 fish lost, it was clear that the salmon had arrived in our pools in

Week 26 started after our welcome dinner on Sunday evening at the Norwegian Flyfisher’s Club. The water level was slowly dropping during the weekend to a rather moderate level and

Even though we have experienced a nearly constant high water season so far on the Gaula, the salmon have had some short windows to pass the Gaulfossen – opening up

Olderø Lodge in northern Norway has experienced a very cold and wet start to the season, making fishing tough for the opening weeks. Even in these very tough conditions the

Although temperatures have dropped from the dizzy heights of last week we can probably expect some further highs over the coming weeks as we head into high summer on the