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On Saturday I fished a new venue for me – Malham Tarn, with a boat colleague.  If you know it you’ll understand what I mean about a great experience, if not and you’re looking for a challenge try it. High up, exposed, alkali water (Carboniferous limestone), gin clear water and only 4 boats.  Traditional short …

Well todays planned trip to the Don has been rained off, so gives me a bit of time to catch up etc.  Looking forward to Malham Tarn on Saturday.   A useful link I have found and started to use to study the rivers etc: http://www.farsondigitalwatercams.com/ Share this With Other Fly Fishermen:FacebookStumbleUponRedditPrint

My cat has a nasty habit of destroying the fledglings at this time of year but I managed to save this long tailed tit from her jaws I fed and watered it for a few days and it followed me around the house like a lost sheep … It even came and slept on my …

I was lucky enough to get a couple of opportunities to go fishing this bank holiday weekend. For the first time this season, I saw a very good hatch and plenty of topping fish to target on my local river. I spent a few hours making my way upstream and enjoyed every minute of it. …

With all of this rain, are you still fishing, and what techniques are you using?   Let us know Share this With Other Fly Fishermen:FacebookStumbleUponRedditPrint

If you’re planning a trip to the river for a fishing trip, what do you do to check on the discharge level and is it rising or falling? I use the Environment Agency River and Sea Level website: http://www.environment-agency.gov.uk/homeandleisure/floods/riverlevels/default.aspx You can use it to select a region, river and guaging station to pull up a …

The Yorkshire Gamefishers Society would like to extend an invitation to all for their next meeting on Monday 16th April Our guest speaker will be former editor of the Grayling Society Journal, photographer and fisherman Rod Calbrade. Rod’s talk will be “Fishing Photography” and should be of interest to all interested in fishing and taking …

I blogged a few days ago about experimenting with braid for nymphing…  If you have read the blog, you will have seen Duncan replied saying I should try Tenkara.  As it happens I’ve had some Tenkara gear on order for a while as this was something I had been discussing with one of my fishing …