Several days ago we sent Stu to Iceland to get some cheap frozen samosas, oven chips and gateauxs for the YorkshireFlyFishing HQ. He did not return within the expected time period and we became rather concerned until the first Tweet…
Assynt blog 2016
….and by Assynt I mean Gairloch….will be out soon. Soonish. Got back from Scotland a couple of weeks ago and as always it was a brilliant week, this time with the added bonus of fantastic weather. Munros were climbed, trout…
500 pound pike?
Ok you can probably guess where I’m going with that title! Last weekend I attended an event at Chew Valley Lake organised by the PFFA (Pike Fly Fishing Association) after having being persuaded to join the club by Stu <didn’t…
Chew, Chew, Barney McGrew…
I done tied me some more pike flies, hopefully gonna try them out at Chew very soon. I need to get my string pulled, my last attempt to go fishing was 2 and a half months ago and I…
Why so expensive?
I must hold my hands up and confess to dereliction of duty in terms of trout fishing so far this year. Between my developed interest in pike fishing, family issues, training and completing the Fellsman and awful weather I’ve not…
Dog walkers vs Anglers?
Further to my update on the Embsay there has been a flurry of posts on that page about problems encountered between dog walkers and anglers at this reservoir. Shared spaces are always going to generate conflict sadly but I’d be…
Updated info for Embsay Reservoir
After receiving notification that we had some out of date information on Embsay Reservoir run by Skipton Angling (thanks Graeme) I have edited the page to show latest prices and locations to buy tickets.
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…
Mad dogs and silly bastards
Only mad dogs and silly bastards go out in this weather, but to be fair it didn’t look that bad this morning as I looked at the forecast and the river levels. I was on the Wharfe out near Burley…
Dear diary…
I’ve just been out to the ‘man cave’ and decided to bring my fishing books back in with me as it’s getting quite damp in there. Amongst the pile I found my old Fisherman’s Record Book which is a…