downstreamblog
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On the Sea Trout
I’ve had a good crack at Sea trout this year. I’m going to summarise my efforts in one post because there’s not a lot of pictures or success to talk…
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Dry as f*** 2026
July and August been grim from a fly fishing stand point, basically 2 months without a significant bit of rain, all the rivers trickling and all clagged up with that…
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Bass Blanker 26
I really don’t want to mention the fact I’ve still not caught a bass on Piel Island. And I really don’t want to talk about the small child who caught…
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River Lune
Had big day out on the Lune up around Tebay. What a place, what a beautiful bit of river. Real tough going in on a low and gin clear river,…
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Riverdipstick
I’ve been working on a side project, It’s called riverdipstick.uk Instead of standing in the kitchen or the car park staring at five different Environment Agency gauge pages, rainfall sites and…
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Peak Dry Fly
Don’t think it gets much better than this, a brace of trout caught on my own dry flies and the British countryside in prime May condition. I hung around for…
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Dirty Mayfly
Terrible effort on the salmon today. I got sidetracked by a hatch of Mayfly on a swollen and dirty River Ribble. On reflection I must still be in my trout…
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Silver Safari
Ok I admit, this blog was a shit idea. I’ve been going fishing loads and haven’t bothered to update it in real-time. But anyway, its been raining heavy, there’s been…
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Backfilling Gold
Last minute Sunday session on the Ribble, in the river by 5pm and fishing till i couldn’t see the fly. I went hunting for more dry fly fish on a…
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Sneaky Pie
I went to that special place again high up on the Ribble. With an early dart from work I was down the river for a touch of dry fly and…