The Monnow Rivers Association recently ran their fantastic annual auction, whereby, all proceeds raised go straight back into the rivers they help manage. The MRA are a truly fantastic bunch of guys, with the waters they manage being very dear to my heart. I donated two dozen flies complete with a snazzy C&F waterproof fly box […]
My younger-slightly-more-attractive-rockstar bro created this rather nice video recently. Not too sure who the ugly bloke in the orange cap is though… All filming, composition, music and editing was completed by Rhys who, as well as being a full-time musician, also works as a freelance music composer for film, television, and interactive media. He’ll never think […]
I once heard the phrase ‘difficult roads often lead to beautiful places’. Could be more right. I participated in a rare event called a ‘four day weekend’ last weekend and, in between a fantastic amount of fly orders, I managed to get out onto the water a couple of times. Spring is well and truly […]
Sunday saw the first trip of the 2014 trout season. It’s a tradition of mine that each year starts on my local stream, situated at the foot of the beautiful Brecon Beacons, and home to the awe-inspiring Pen y Fan. The day saw a lot of water covered for, unfortunately, very few fish; in fact, […]
I posted an image of a rather wet Gammarus Czech nymph on Facebook recently and, since posting it, I’ve had over a dozen emails asking what the shellback material is. As are most things in the world of fly tying, it’s nothing new, but I only see it’s inclusion in fly patterns thanks to a […]
With the rains still playing havoc with the UK, the likelihood of hitting the river this weekend is slim, however, I do still hope. Misplaced hope, maybe, but hope nonetheless. My thoughts are now locked on to the coming trout season and, more importantly, to the long, warm summer evenings which I’ll spend creeping around […]
Well, you might say it’s been a little while since my last post; I’d agree, and then some! A lot has changed in the last year, but all for the better. I’ve continued to be pretty damn busy with guiding, fly orders are flying out of the door faster than I can say “high quality […]
It seems that the Pink Shrimp Czech Nymph has become synonymous with grayling fishing over recent years; to do one without the other almost seems strange to many an anglers, myself included. To go fishing without any of these patterns seems to lessen my confidence. The question still abounds, ‘why do grayling love the colour pink?’ […]
Playing around with a few new jig patterns this evening, I was after something with a little more mobility and so I got the CDC out for a play. Keeping with the traditional jig make-up, this pattern keeps a slim taper in order to sink at it’s optimum rate, but I feel the addition of […]
It’s been a busy ol’ weekend. As a number of you know, I’m resident of the lovely Merthyr Tydfil in South Wales – which sits snugly at the top of the South Wales valleys and at the base of the Brecon Beacons National Park. Okay, so our snow levels are nowhere near the levels seen on the […]
