Failure Many years ago, I was seeing a girl whose parents lived within a stone’s throw of Grafham reservoir. Needless to say, this was a happy coincidence and I was always keen to come along when she went…
Vision GT Fly Reel (7-9)
Well, as promised, here’s the first entry in our Tackle Review section. I’ve decided to start with a write up on a reel I bought at the start of this year. Please note, my measurements are non-too scientific, and my…
Return to Raygill
Saturday night I mulled over going fishing on Sunday. Sunday morning, I mulled over going fishing. Finally, after breakfast, I could mull no more and decided to get out there! After seeing Matt’s pike pictures I decided said fish had…
Random big fish photo!
Kevin, another RFF member finally got round to showing me the picture of his legendary Leighton leviathan, caught a couple of years ago which weighed in at a whopping 16lb 4oz. They don’t come much bigger than this in Leighton!…
Big Brenig pike!
Matthew, the newest member of Roundhay Fly Fishers has very kindly sent me a report on his pike fishing weekend in Wales and it looks like he’s had an interesting time down there! He spent a couple of days on…
Salmon Fishing in the Yemen
I can thoroughly recommend this book! I picked it up in a charity shop for a quid, absolute bargain. In brief, a Yemeni Sheikh wants to bring salmon fishing to the people of his country so that they too can…
Autumn Outing
Decided to drag my manflu ridden self out of the flat and into the fresh air today, so headed down to the river. I got a £4 day-ticket for the Leeds ACA stretch on the Wharfe at Pool, fancying a…
Jack’s Rake
Since my life isn’t just about flyfishing, I’ve decided to expand the blog somewhat and record some of the other stuff I get up to. Not all the stuff I get up to, mind… I do occasionally drag myself up…
Lashing down at Leighton…
The weekend saw the last ‘official’ angling mission of the year for the Roundhay Flyfishers, a trip to Leighton Reservoir near Masham. The poor forecast made for a poor turnout, and I myself came very close to pulling the duvet…