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…
Scoop scoop
Sat around this afternoon, digesting my Sunday dinner, I considered my options for the rest of the day. I narrowed them down to either perusing gentleman’s websites or going fishing. Surprisingly, I opted for the latter despite the ‘dog day’…
Somewhere in Scotland….
Aaaargh, summer is slipping away. this isn’t fair…I can’t handle another winter 🙁 Luckily we’ve managed to squeeze in another weekend fishing expedition to one of our favourite lochs, the name of which I’m afraid I can’t reveal, but some…
Fcuk working….
It was a nice sunny day on Friday, but I didn’t have a nice sunny morning….sigh. However, I managed to wangle a half-day annual leave and (eventually) got my ass up to the reservoir(s). Bright sunshine, not a breath of…
The Tale of Roundhay Flyfishers and the 27 Foot Leader
The Roundhay Fly Fishers were on the move again. As the curtain was drawn back to reveal our latest target, there was an audible gasp – we’d been tasked with striking 2 of the Midlands reservoirs, Ravensthorpe and Eyebrook. I’d…