In This Issue | August 2010

On sale Friday, July 16th, 2010, Only £3.25

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  Call up the SAS!

  A weighty but highly mobile salmon fly for drought-stricken flows: the SAS Shrimp.

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  Thoroughly modern loch-style

  The ultra-attractive wet fly, courtesy of Eyebrook's Andy Miller.

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  World Cup diary

  Malcolm Greenhalgh escapes the razzmatazz of the football on TV to indulge in a personal, month-long fly-fishing festival.

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  Seaside signals

  Tips on locating bass and mackerel. With bass and mackerel shoals moving in to harry fry and sandeels this month, try these tips to locate them.

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  Stalking barbel

  The barbel inhabiting Spanish reservoirs offer superb, sight-fished, reel-screaming sport.

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  "Mr Harding, you nailed it!"

  Mike Harding wonders what it might be like to be a fly-tying star.

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  Small stream addict

  How to get the very best out of fishing small streams.

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  The Flylite

  Neil Patterson's minimalist dun answers the ideal dry fly brief: it's dressed with light materials and isn't weighed down by excessive tying procedures.

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  Orange Quill

  Tie this truly great pattern for the evening rise in summer.

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  Micro Dries 2 - the 360 degree river

  How to use a downstream presentation for a more effective dry fly.

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  Hog in the limelight

  Hog lice often appear in trout diets, yet few imitations exist - apart from a little gem called Morton's Hog Louse.

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  Take a break

  How to plan the perfect getaway to experience new waters.

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  Rubber gloves and bath sponge

  The ingenious and resourceful fly patterns and methods that developed during Bosnia's enforced isolation.