nymph fishing

Do you remember that last time you went fishing, and you saw that huge trout gorging on olives, and the trees, fences, wind, flow and everything else was against you!

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

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

If, like us, you are always on the lookout for a new experience then floating South Africa’s Orange River should be on your list. The target species is the relatively

Alex Jardine and Charlotte Chilcott have just returned from a fly fishing exploratory trip to South Africa’s Orange River in search of largemouth yellowfish in the Kalahari. This was a

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

Africa has always seemed like a long way away to me. As someone who plans nearly all of their movements around where and when the fishing is good, I have

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

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

Chalkstream trout fly fishing does not finish with the end of the Mayfly hatches, indeed as the season progresses the fishing can get better and sometimes more challenging. The main

Andy Jones, visiting Hampshire from Australia, contacted us during the famous mayfly hatches of the southern English chalkstreams looking to fit a day out on the River Test. With luck