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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...
View ArticleUpdated 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After receiving notification that we had some out of date information on Embsay Reservoir run by Skipton Angling (thanks Graeme) I have edited the page to show latest prices and locations to buy tickets.
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Dog walkers vs Anglers?
A dog, yesterday 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...
View ArticleWhy 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...
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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 didn’t get any...
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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...
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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....
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Stu’s gone to Iceland…
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...
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More news from Iceland
Stu has sent back another report and it seems he’s having a whale of a time. Just look at this stunning 4 lb wild Icelandic brownie with a tail like a goddamn snow-shovel! Looks like he’s also managed...
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Fish of a lifetime
The Icelandic updates are coming in thick and fast but Oh My God look at this 13lb wild brownie Stu’s dad Martin caught on the fly today, what an absolutely magnificent specimen. It took 15 minutes to...
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Verbose (b)logging
The title is a bit of an IT related pun which I’m rather pleased with but anyway, the relevance is I’ve somehow managed to write a big fat blog post about probably one and a half hour’s fishing and one...
View ArticleNews from Star Carr
We’ve been contacted by Shane from Star Carr fishery over in East Yorkshire who advises the following: Please be advised the Starcarr Trout farm and lakes site was sold in March 2016 and we are now the...
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Achiltibui solo
To the casual observer it may seem as if I’ve done sod all fishing recently bit this simply isn’t the case. I am however struggling to find time to write the blog. But here, now, chores done, packed...
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Pitsford/Eyebrook weekend
As many of you know I am a member of a Leeds based fly fishing club known as the Roundhay Fly Fishers which was formed when a crack commando unit was sent to prison by a military court for a crime they...
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Another weird day on the Aire!
Yesterday was a welcome day off and seeing as the clocks are about to go back I decided to try get the most out of the day by getting out on the BCAA stretch of the River Aire. You may recall last...
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Assynt err Gairloch blog 2016
“Well this could be the last time This could be the last time Maybe the last time I don’t know.” Once again I find myself finally getting round to documenting this year’s annual Assynt Gairloch...
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Getting on the pink bandwagon.
Got myself some Sow Scud dubbing, like it! This is the second of these I tied tonight, first one was too skimpily dressed as I forgot my hook was a size 8 but this doesn’t look bad. Can’t wait to get...
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Annual fishing holiday 1998 – Moffat blog!
Aye, you read that right, I’m blogging an annual fishing holiday from 18 years ago! It struck me whilst writing up this year’s fishing holiday that I could use my old fishing diary and photos to make...
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Sitting in a chair hoying dead fish into a lake
As must be painfully obvious to you all by now I don’t just fly fish for trout. I also teeter on the edge of pike fishing addiction. This esox-obsession led me to attend a charity pike fishing match...
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