Category: Flies

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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The Grayling Slayer

Sunday and I was practically pushed out the door to go fishing by the Mrs. To be honest it was either fishing or back to bed as I was frankly shattered for reasons too convoluted and irrelevant to the story to relate to you here. The sun was shining, it was a fine looking day and I opted for getting out.

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Milan

This weekend it was my wife’s birthday and planning ahead some time ago, I had booked a couple of cheap flights to Milan, Italy for a weekend city break. I won’t bore you with the site seeing around Milan however on Saturday we walked down the West side of the city centre and in so doing stumbled across a shop, called Fly Fishing Ghilardi.

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