The Fly Box

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…

Specie: Carp Weight: 36lb 8oz Location: Stowmarket My name is Carey Manning and I am 16 years of age.This is my PB carp of 36lb 8oz. It was caught from a venue in my hometown of Stowmarket. I went to the venue at around 5:00pm, everyone there said that nothing was feeding etc. I set-up…

Articles by John Young John Young John Young has been fishing since 1972. He started by drowning maggots for anything that came along but soon donned a floppy green hat and joined the specimen hunting scene. In the late 1970s he started pursuing carp and soon caught his first 20lber on diced potato. Years later,…

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Booking payments by most credit/debit cards. The Fishing The lakes are stocked with Brown & Rainbow Trout and Tavistock Fishery has held the ‘British Record’ for the largest cultivated Rainbow Trout at 30lb 12 oz (caught by Tony Flower from Newquay on Yellow Cat’s Whisker). The record Rainbow for the 2000 season was 26lb 10oz….

Not with Alaska itself, but with the fact that the silver salmon we had come to catch tended to be in the slower water, not the type of (fly) water so beloved of salmon anglers. Half of the charm in fly-fishing for salmon is in the method. On the second morning I set off with…