Author: unfamous

Of Piscator and Viator

So, here I am. Sat in the bar of the Izaak Walton Hotel in Dovedale on something of a fly fishing pilgrimage. It’s one of those places I have read of in magazines but never thought I would find myself here in pursuit of my favourite fish, the Grayling.

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New Line

Should I be under a bung? It’s a method I will try but I do my best to avoid until absolutely necessary though there is no doubt to its effectiveness. I had though decided to change to a floater and was finishing the change to this and a three fly cast, a wee beaded nymph on point, a buzzer on top dropper and in the middle that great wee Burnhouse special, the Gary McLurg Wet fly.

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