fly tying

Summertime on the chalkstreams offers some of the most technical dry fly fishing of the season. More often than not the best fishing is at dawn and dusk when it

Summertime on the chalkstreams offers some of the most technical dry fly fishing of the season. More often than not the best fishing is at dawn and dusk when it

Mayfly Fishing The mayfly hatch is an extraordinary time to be out on the southern chalkstreams. There is nothing quite like watching these large flies floating majestically down the stream

Chalkstream Spring Fishing It seems like it has been a long haul waiting for the start of the chalkstream trout season. But, it is finally here, and we have been

As the days become shorter and the weather colder our focus on the chalk streams turns to grayling fishing. Once upon a time targeting these fish was little more than

Apart from my constant intrigue to tie and try new fly patterns each season, there is a clear set of dry flies that make up my chalkstream fly fishing box

Fly fishing on small rivers can prove to be challenging. One of the best techniques searching for brown trout for me is the Duo method. My typical go-to set-up for

Following on from Lisa Isles’ last fly fishing blog on Winter Grayling Fishing, we wanted to provide more detail as to what the fundamental differences are between French Nymphing and

Lisa started fly fishing at the age of 10 when after years of pestering her grandads and father to show her how to cast, little did she know…she was about