I’ve been meaning to post something about this for a week now, and seeing Assynt Fly Fishing’s post on Facebook about this has reminded me to pull my finger out. Of all the places to put a wind farm they…
A day chalkstream dry fly fishing for grayling
…would be nice but I’m afraid I went deadbaiting for pike again. Don’t look at me like that, I couldn’t help myself, I had been daydreaming of bobbing floats and beeping alarms. I’m a sick man but Spring is coming…
My name is Bob and I am a pikeaholic
For all you hardcore fly fishing fanatics, what I’m about to tell you may induce vomiting, nausea and in some cases extreme hysteria. Last weekend I ventured out to a lake somewhere in Yorkshire and sat for hours in a chair…
Roundhay Fly Fishers Fuddle
Just a quickie. This week we held our annual Xmas fuddle. Sadly the attendance was a little low this year, with one member even fleeing to Australasia just to avoid the event. It is often a rambunctious affair and this…
River pike
A few weeks ago I went on an outing with the PAC (Pike Angling Club) to a lake in West Yorkshire and learned lots of things from some very experienced pike anglers. Sadly, I also learned that my new Okuma…
A new theme, how’s it look?
I’ve been pissing round with WordPress and installed a new them which I rather like, it looks ace in Internet Explorer, Safari and Chrome on full screen devices but not so sure about mobiles, especially Android – feedback welcome. I’ve also…
The blog looks all funny like…
Troubling times at Yorkshireflyfishing.org.uk. A team of Chinese hackers managed to brute force their way past our robust security measures and hack the site! We started receiving ever more alarmist emails form our web hosting providers until they finally shut…
Hornsea Mere
This pike fishing phase we’re going through is certainly getting us out to some new places. Our insatiable cravings for toothy tugs means we are venturing to the furthest corners of Yorkshire and beyond! A couple of weeks ago we decided to…
Is it safe?
I’m off pike fishing tomorrow (still need to update the blog with my trip out to Hornsea Mere last weekend!) and I couldn’t help but notice that the equipment required to remove hooks from a pike’s mouth is substantially different…