I still need to write up my recent solo to Wester Ross and also a brief bit of fish bothering whilst on a family holiday to Lewis but for now I’m just making a few notes on what might be…
Perfect
It’s months since I last went fishing, and watching everyone go nuts catching prolific amounts of enormous brown trout once the lockdown restrictions were eased has been frustrating. As mentioned in my last post a combination of commitments and principals…
Nice little evening session
Quick post on my last outing. Contrary to the BBC’s forecast Sunday was in fact a day of sunshine and fairly decent temperatures. However the days of waking up and pissing off for a full day’s fishing are almost…
Evening session on the Wharfe
This weekend I was mostly supposed to be bobbing around on the North Sea catching ling, cod and scurvy on a boys weekend in Whitby. Instead I was holed up in Leeds with an industrial strength cold feeling sorry for…
Tungsten power
Last night I got back to some ‘normal’ fly tying. Tying which doesn’t involve wrapping Christmas tree tinsel around an iron bar and super gluing big goggly eyes on it. Instead I tied up three GRHE variants which I’m rather…
Unexpected discovery in the river Aire
So, it’s trout fishing season once again and yet the blog is strangely quiet. I was excited to get out there and do some fishing but unfortunately I’ve had very little time due to moving festung YorkshireFlyFishing to a new…
First flyfishing foray of 2015
I mentioned in a previous post I’m trying to get back into the fly fishing groove after going Esox mental over winter. Like most of my hobbies if I find a problem I’ll just throw money at it, buy new…
Swale at Richmond
Well check me out, venturing outside of my comfort zone and standing in a river that isn’t the Wharfe! I was kicking around the yorkshireflyfishing bunker on Saturday wondering what to do with myself, initially contemplating a hill walk but…
Dogshit and Grayling.
Despite a roiling internal array, from the previous night’s curry and booze, I managed 2 hours on my club stretch of the Wharfe this Saturday. The river was lower than I anticipated and…
Grayling on the Wharfe
Having had a day out with guide Steve Rhodes the previous weekend, I was still pumped up with enthusiasm and confidence for river fishing. I decided to get down to my usual stretch of the Wharfe and see if I…