The 2018 annual fishing holiday had a difficult and complex inception spanning several pages of WhatsApp discussion, much Outlook perusing and a bit of green card acquisition. I’ve catalogued the problems before so I won’t cover old ground too…
Koona t’chuta, Solo?
And you run and you run to catch up with the sun but it’s sinking Racing around to come up behind you again. The sun is the same in a relative way but you’re older, Shorter of breath and one…
4 Go Middle Aged in North Wales
During this year’s annual fishing holiday (yes, there was one!) we had an initial booster stage of additional attendees, one of which is no stranger to this blog. Smithers (for that is what we call him) bought his first…
Early trip to Wester Ross
I managed to squeeze in an extended May Bank Holiday trip to the NW Highlands last month with my girlfriend. It was more about enjoying the scenery, having a relatively relaxing few days and soaking up the almost unheard of…
Roundhay Fly Fishers update
Just a quick post to keep members up to speed with things. We had a report that weed was starting to build up around some of the margins of John O’ Gaunts so the call went out for volunteers for…
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…
RFF 2018 outing to West Tanfield
We’re into the back end of April and finally a trout fishing post! This Thursday we had the first outing of 2018 for the Roundhay Fly Fishers and as always it was West Tanfield (AKA Tanfield Lodge)where we kicked…
Star Carr going coarse fishing only but…
We’ve had a comment on the page about Star Carr that suggests this fishery is now coarse fishing only. I have emailed them for more info and it seems they are indeed going coarse only but if you are quick…
Annual Flytying competition
This Thursday saw the annual Roundhay Fly Fishers flytying competition and the pattern chosen was a CDC buzzer on a size 14 hook, an almost guaranteed fish catcher on the right day. I love scruffy seal fur thoraxes on…
Hang on in there
Well the weather’s not so good for fishing unless you are some sort of mentalist but here’s a nice pic to get you fired up for Summer. Anyone recognise where it is? I’ve not been here since 2005 but after…