dry fly fishing

As we head towards the Icelandic salmon season with huge anticipation it has been a busy winter with most of Iceland’s rivers looking very full. There are some excellent slots

One of our longest chalkstreams, the River Test is often heralded as ‘the King’ of the chalk rivers. Like the River Itchen, it is steeped in history as it runs

The best thing about chalkstream fly fishing is surely seeing that fish come up to your dry fly, the anticipation sets in as he freezes in the flow directly under

As Iceland becomes increasingly subscribed for this season prime space is becoming hard to come by. Some space has just become available on one of our favourite rivers in early

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

Just a short flight from the UK and you can be in some of the most beautiful mountainous surroundings with beautiful clear rivers and streams, good food and great wine.

Hampshire Chronicle, July 28th 1988 – River Itchen Probably the largest trout ever caught in this country, if we except one or two in Alresford Pond, was caught in the

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

We are very excited this year to add Straumfjardara to our portfolio of Atlantic salmon rivers in Iceland. This unique river located up on Snaefells peninsular on the west coast of

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

The Hafralonsa is one of those rivers I have dreamed of fishing for many years after I so nearly did a season guiding there in the 1990s. Sadly a broken

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