Category: Fly Fishing
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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 about. Firstly we’ve obviously been hampered by the distinct lack of rain this year, just as the sea trout were starting to splash in the…
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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 icky sticky weed. Otherwise, awesome summer with constant blazing sun, loved it!
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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, bright sun early on made approaching fish impossible. Cloud cover came over in the afternoon and I snagged an absolute corker on wispy little spider…
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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 a brief look at the Sea Trout but as suspected they aren’t about yet.
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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 phase because I couldn’t resist rising fish even though the conditions weren’t ideal for trout and probably more suitable for an early salmon.
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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 big tides this week, the river should be fining down to a nice level tomorrow. Flexi day secured, we’re back in the game lads. I…
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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 gin clear and low river. Still lots of that slimy weed about, the river needs a big flush out soon. Freezing cold as the sun…
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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 a cheeky pork pie by 5ish. The trout weren’t massive but they were super tricky to get close enough to trick on dries in such…
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Birthday Treat
This one is simple. Slice of high grade Bakewell on the bank at 8am followed by more spooky trout on a low river. The comedy kicked in for the last fish. Stalked a rising fish for over an hour. It was tucked into the far bank under trees. I’m thinking monster brown trout, sneaky bugger…
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3 Day Bender
Determined to make the best of the early season this year, I pulled the trigger on a 3 day adventure on the upper reaches of the River Ribble. There was good dose of rain on the 15th of April which lifted the river and the plan was to fish hard as the river fined back…