Newsletter May 2023
Fresh from the sea… caught on a hitch fly in shallow water in early July. Salmon fly fishermen must adapt to the new challenges and fishing methods if they want to be effective throughout the season.
You have to lose salmon and steelhead on small flies
The tiny stuff Why use such a small tube fly? Small flies are essential to the salmon and trout fly box. We tend to forget that salmon and trout are more than ferocious predators – they are also highly adaptable…
The Turl Knot – the perfect steering knot for your salmon fly
Those of you who fish a salmon fly with an upturned eye probably know some form of steering knot to enable you to fish your fly in a straight line behind your leader - if not...then you are welcome to…
The missing link salmon Bugs made for dry and wet
There is a fishable layer… just below the surface, where a well-presented deer hair bug can do wonders just before the riffling hitch season picks up -
Micro stinger and hitch In Scotland
Micro flies … the essential requirement If the river is low and warm or the fish you have come to fish have gone stale, you will ever so often find that the flies needed to trick such fish into bitting will be some of the smallest flies you may find in your box.