From the category archives:
I was looking to see if there’s any fly-fishing in the remote part of Slovakia containing the High Tatras. This website tells me that It is forbidden in the trout water * only fishing with one fishing rod * use living fish like decoy * use another like artificial flies not more [...]
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A couple of Saturdays back I was down at the Avon, on the SDFFA water, for some fishing. Ostensibly, it was a day of ‘dry-fly instruction’ though in effect there wasn’t much instruction. It was good to meet some fellow members, though, as I normally don’t see that many. After a spell at Figheldean [...]
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From the Salmon & Trout Association: There is widespread concern that sea trout stocks are in a desperate state in most parts of the UK. Salmon farming has had an impact off the Scottish West Coast, but the problem is more complex than that, as populations have plummeted in areas where there is no [...]
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Note to self: Saturday, 9 May, 2009: Hardy Perfect has a Barrio DT4 line on it now. The reel looks good and should pair well with the forthcoming Driggs River Special from nichobamboorods.
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The last three Summers have seen us in Umbria, spending the last week of the holiday in Spoleto. The most under-rated of the central Italian towns (save perhaps Ascoli Piceno), Spoleto has a marvellous duomo dating from the XII century, with painting by Fra Lippo Lippi amongst others, and a larger historical centre than [...]
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River Avon SDFFA waters Weather: Mild with a little sun but occasional blasts of drizzle; windy but warm in sheltered spots Rod: George Maurer “Harry’s Rod” 8′ 5wt (This is one of Maurer’s last rods, as he died while this was just getting to completion — it was finished for me by the Dietrich brothers). Reel: Orvis Battenkill [...]
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I sometimes paint. Pictures, not houses. If I start with a blank white canvas, I often find it difficult to get started, so I tend to just scrub all over the canvas with raw umber and then once it’s ‘ruined’ I can get on with the painting without spoiling the lovely pristine whiteness. This is still [...]
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Weather stops play. Again. Due to the high water levels, the June weed-cut has been postponed for one week and will now start on Tue 10 June above Crossing C, provided the water levels are low enough to permit the Environment Agency to place its boom (which catches the floating weed) across the river at [...]
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I was down in B__ Square today, flicking a line around after the Winter layoff. Quick thought on casting that works for me, though YMMV. If I am practising, and just go for a cast, I tend to get it wrong and the line underpowers, or I ‘creep’ or get tailing loops. However–tada, drumroll [...]
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Yesterday evening, I thought I’d string up a rod to have it permanently handy for popping down to the Square for a bit of casting practice. A quick two minute job, no? No. First, as soon as I got the rod out–I’d chosen the ZXL 8′ 5wt–the cats went bonkers and started twirling round [...]
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