Some flies from last night
I’m heading pike fishing with Paul today so last night had me tying up a few more pike patterns. The water was murky last time I visited the canal so tied up some high vis patterns in the hope one of those toothy critters feels peckish or pissed off! I can feel it, pike fly fishing is looming closer to success for me! Report to come later on how it...
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I ventured out yesterday for my first fishing trip since returning to the UK. A decision was made to go and have a play with my new outfit and try my hand at pike fly fishing. Since I was out with my brother we had two outfits – my TCX rigged up with a Rio streamer tip line and my new Redington Red Fly 2 #9 which I picked up for an amazing £35 rigged with a 300 grain Teeny sinking integrated shooting head. I was mightily impressed with both outfits. The TCX as you probably know is a very stiff rod, the Redington on the other hand is a relatively medium actioned rod, definitely on the...
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Scott is a fly fishing instructor come blogger come fish bum! Armed with a fly rod, he spends most of his time chasing all kinds of fish in both fresh and salt water. He's enjoys nothing more than the adventure of fly fishing that brings together the excitement of the unknown and the satisfaction of success. Disappointment of course creeps in now and again but the best planning in the world couldn't keep that at bay! With a fly rod in hand and a license to travel anything is possible. 