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Fly Fishing The Saltwater Shoreline By Ed Mitchell published by Stackpole books, ISBN number 0-8117-0653-2 Many of you will no doubt remember his previous book ‘Fly Rodding The Coast’ by Stackpole books. With more and more of us flying across to the east coast of America for our holidays this latest book from Ed has…

We should be grateful. The maritime weather of this Sceptred Isle allows the damp and warm Gulf Stream to render winters bearable in our northern islands. Without the Gulf Stream balm, we would return to the joys of a Siberian climate – frying eggs on the pavement in summer, and brass monkeys in the winter,…

Rutland Water Paul Spalding of Willingham, Lincoln scored a double best this week. Paul took both the week’s best rainbow at 8lb 14oz and the best brown weighing 4lb. Phil Hall of Taplow, Maidenhead, took a superb 7lb 8oz rainbow whilst boat fishing. Phil used a Diawl Bach on a floating line with a 9?lb…

This fly does not appear to be at its best when it is pulled fairly quickly; rather fish it static or slowly.The main problem is obtaining the distinctively marked silver pheasant flank feathers as they are not stocked by the majority of tackle shops. To obtain these you will need to approach a specialist fly…

It is supposed to be the time when even the newest novice to fly fishing can catch fish hence the name “duffers fortnight”. Naturally imitation mayflies are normally used to great success during this period but there have been times when the trout appear to ignore my traditional mayfly imitation. Closer observation of the feeding…

Nothing beatsseeing a fish chase a muddler as you strip it across the surface. Oftenthe fish will be half out the water and it will still want to eat your muddler. I anchored the boat some twenty five to thirty yards from the foamswept shore line. Having cast the muddler some seventy feet I started…