Brown Trout

September, probably my favourite month of the season for chalkstream fly fishing in southern England. After the hot summer months, the cooler nights and some very welcome rain of late

This summer has seen exceptionally little rainfall in Iceland, an odd occurrence in a country where the saying goes “if you don’t like the weather just wait five minutes”. The

The New Zealand trout season is less than six weeks away and we are very excited to see the first reports of the season including those from Tongariro Lodge on the

Iceland last week was blessed with the first autumn sightings of the Northern Lights, a symbol that another Iceland season is drawing to a close. A season that saw wonderful

Not so long ago grayling (Thymallus thymallus) were considered by most keepers in the chalkstream valleys to be vermin number two closely behind pike in the monoculture of trout that

The bright verdant colours of spring and early summer along the chalkstreams have rapidly faded to be replaced but the duller fawns of late summer and it is now the

The news from Iceland this week is that finally the heavens have opened and the country is getting some much need rain. After an unprecedented dry spell spanning from the

The clear skies and dry weather have continued over the last week in Iceland prolonging very low water and tricky salmon fishing conditions. Things are looking up as the west coast

The land of fire and ice is mostly been fire at the moment with continued stunning bright skies and 20˚ C weather. Lovely to be fishing, but a bit tough

After the bright conditions and lack of rain we have seen over the last few weeks the Iceland weather reverted somewhat back to normal over the weekend. Cooler temperatures and

The New Zealand fly fishing season is fast approaching, and with a little over two months to go to the opening it is already looking promising. A recent report has come

Today marks the start of the second major chalkstream weed cutting period in the River Test catchment area; this includes the chalk streams Anton, Dever and Bourne Rivulett. The weed