The next special Guest speaker is Melvyn Wood talking on: “Lough fishing for wild fish in wild places and the fly’s to catch them”. This will be of interest to all of us who fish for Salmon, Sea Trout, and Brown Trout. West Park Rugby Club at 7:30pm, everyone welcome. More information: http://leedsfdg.wordpress.com/ Share this …
Category Archive: Entomology
Sep
17
Fly tying courses and speakers
Anyone living in or around Leeds, the local branch of the FDG will soon be starting their activities again. Beginners and experienced alike, everyone is welcome, lots of Semperfli materials on show and being used. Click on below advert for more information: LFDG advert Share this With Other Fly Fishermen:FacebookStumbleUponRedditPrint
Sep
03
Pond Olive Mayfly
A while ago I was asked questions about Olives here on the blog, so finally thought I’d add something you might find useful for clarrification. The Pond Olive Mayfly (latin name Cloeon dipterum) is a common and abundant species. The nymphs can be found in a wide range of environments including quiet pools and margins …
Jun
06
Sedges
I have spent the evening at the sailing club where my wife and daughter spend a lot of their time at being blown around the water. Whilst there I walked around the lake, partly for exercise, partly to see if the carp anglers had anything (nothing reported) and also to see if any insects were about. There …
Apr
17
River Levels in England and Wales
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 …
Mar
27
Leeds FDG AGM – 28th March 2012
Tomorrow evening at 7:30pm is the last of this sessions meeting being the AGM. Everyone welcome. http://leedsfdg.wordpress.com/ Share this With Other Fly Fishermen:FacebookStumbleUponRedditPrint
Feb
26
Leeds Branch FDG – 29 Feb 2012
Leeds branch tying evening patterns include: Holographic Blue and Green Bottle Halfback Iron Blue. Beginners fly is the Col Downmans Fancy. Start at 7:30pm, all welcome. The Old Modernians, Cookridge, Leeds, LS16 7ND Share this With Other Fly Fishermen:FacebookStumbleUponRedditPrint
Feb
26
Tenkara Flies
Started to work my way through a series of Tenkara flies. Interesting and different angle on dries. Who else out there has fished Tenkara style and uses these flies? Share this With Other Fly Fishermen:FacebookStumbleUponRedditPrint
Feb
13
Leeds FDG Branch – 15th Feb 2012
Leeds Branch of the FDG Wednesday (15th Feb) patterns include: CDC Caddis, Midnight Fly, & Parakites Imperial. All welcome Leeds Branch of the FDG Wednesday patterns include:CDC Caddis,Midnight Fly, &Parakites Imperial. All welcome Share this With Other Fly Fishermen:FacebookStumbleUponRedditPrint
Feb
07
Leeds Branch – 8th February
Leeds Branch of the FDG tomorrow night. I’ll be instructing: Fratanik No3 Virtual Nymph Variant, and Professor Everyone welcome Share this With Other Fly Fishermen:FacebookStumbleUponRedditPrint
Jan
30
Leeds FDG Meeting 1st February 2012
On Wednesday 1st Feb 2012 the Leeds Branch will welcome guest speaker – Ben Dobson from Stocks fishery to give a talk on boat fishing. Ben is going to talk about tackle, methods, flies, techniques and how to fish and also a little about the wildlife etc on Stocks. Ben is a very good fisherman …
Jan
17
Leeds FDG tying night
Leeds Branch of the FDG – Tomorrow (18th January 2012) Patterns tomorrow include: Tent Wing Baigents Brown Grey Wulff Everyone welcome, members or visitors Jerry Share this With Other Fly Fishermen:FacebookStumbleUponRedditPrint
Sep
24
Yet Another Invader of Our Fly Fishing Rivers
Again fly fishermen are being asked to look for another invader of our fly fishing rivers. We have had the cray fish which has been decimated by the American signal crayfish, more recently Dikerogammarus villosus a visious shrimp which often kills its prey and leaves it uneaten was found in Grafham Water now we have …
Sep
08
River in Flood
Well we had hoped to do some kick sampling yesterday. There we were, all kitted up and with our kick sampling tools ready and our photographer Si with us too for those ace photos we were going to take! We were hoping to get pictures of the local entomology for our studies and for sharing …
Jul
05
10% Discount On Fly Fishing Flies
There is an Independence sale running from Monday 4th July to midnight Thursday 7th July where you can get 10% discount with a minimum spend of £15 on fly fishing flies at www.theessentialfly.com. This is on all trout flies, salmon flies, grayling flies, saltwater flies and pike flies. Share this With Other Fly Fishermen:FacebookStumbleUponRedditPrint
May
28
Emerging Emperor Dragonfly Video and Photo’s
On Friday Sandy Dickson and Andy went to Knaresborough to the local trout lake for a spot of relaxation from the busy world at The Essential Fly. While there Sandy spotted this beautiful Emperor dragonfly that had just emerged. We took photo’s and video of this beautiful dragonfly as it pumped blood into its’ wings …
Jan
02
The Rhyacophila – free swimming larva of a green sedge
The Rhyacophila is the free swimming larva of a green sedge and is best fished close to the riverbed. Large, usually green, and always plump, and they don’t build cases or nets. They roam freely about the fast water and they often drift loose, where they are a good food for trout. Find out more and how to imitate this essential trout & grayling food with a well tied simple fly.
Nov
04
New guide to fly fishing with buzzers available from www.theessentialfly.com
“One of the best indicators of recent buzzer activity is to look for floating shucks or adult buzzers on or near the water. Certain areas will hold fish and buzzers, these being the obvious places to start. “
Oct
13
Caddis Fly – An Important Fly For Fly Fishermen
The Caddis fly, (Trichopetra) or sedges can be found anywhere there is fresh water. These are important flies for fly fishermen. The drab coloured adults are moth-like however their body and wings are covered with hairs. Another distinguisihing feature is that the caddis do not have a coiled proboscis. Their wings are held over the body in a tent like fashion. Mostly nocturnal, the adults hide in vegetation during the hours of daylight and are hard to find. Mating takes place at dusk, either in flight or on vegetation. Their bodies range in size from 2mm to 28mm (1.25 inches)…………….
Sep
29
Pheasant Tail Nymph – the closest you can get to a fly for all seasons
The Pheasant Tail nymphs remains one of the most popular and widely used nymphs world-wide. There is no fly that is a “fly for all seasons” as we have to match the hatch which varies all year, however as most sub-surface food lives close to #the bottom# the weighted Pheasant Tail is probably the closest you can get to a fly for all seasons…………
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