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Ban on wet wipes
Supply and sale of plastic based wipes to be stopped, but Angling Trust outlines three more concerns ...
Sheelin trollers fined over €5,000
IFI gains court convictions against three men for illegal angling on Lough Sheelin The quality of Sheelin's ...
Auction lists numerous game-fishing opportunities open for bidding
Angling Trust fundraiser sees many, varied game fishing lots in the list of donations Fishing on the ...
Blogs
By Mark Bowler
When spring trout refuse to rise
Wet-fly and Nymph tactics for when trout refuse to show on the surface Trophy brown trout from a small tributary. Last time I wrote of the dearth of insects and rising fish on my early ...
By Mark Bowler
Three lessons from early season on the river
Casting Bead-heads into a gale; using tippet-rings, and a sure-fire cold-water Nymph Red on a bead-head Nymph often saves the day in cold water. The season so far for me has been one of discovery. ...
Features
The secret to catching more mullet
Seasoned mullet fly-fisher, Colin MacLeod, is convinced that red in a fly pattern is the secret to catching more mullet
Milkfish in the Seychelles
Tony Richards recounts a meeting with a huge milkfish in the Seychelles, the awesomely powerful, algae-grazing leviathans of the Indo-Pacific
Reviews
Marryat 10ft #4/5 Tactical HX Limited Edition Fly Rod
Built for modern Nymphing: The Marryat 10ft #4/5 Tactical HX Limited Edition Fly Rod The Marryat 10ft #4/5 Tactical HX Limited Edition Fly Rod comes in a chunky rectangular aluminium tube – large, relatively heavy, very robust, room for a couple of rods and, frankly, excellent! The rod itself is four-piece and comes with a ...
Pre-tied cock pheasant fibre Daddy and Hopper legs
Ready-tied Cock Pheasant Knotted Tails and Daddy Legs and Hopper Legs from Veniard About 13cm section (5 inches) from a cock pheasant tail. Individual fibres on both ...
Wizz tools attach by magnetism
Magnetic tools including Tungsten-carbide Nippers, Nippers, Hook Sharpeners and Peang multi-tool
Videos
Be prepared for the Mayfly with this detached-body Dun
Oliver Edwards uses foam, moose hair and thread to create a detached body Mayfly Dun dry fly with a deer-hair wing, ready for the imminent Mayfly – green drake – hatch. Watch more of Oliver's videos at: https://www.youtube.com/@LearnFlyFishing/videos
Tying the Silver Fritz Humungous
How to tie the Silver Fritz Humungous – a bead-chain eyed combination of black marabou, silver flash and grizzle hackle – tied by Magnus Angus for fishing early season ...
Modern ways with Waddington shanks
Magnus Angus demonstrates how the Waddington shank can be used to carry a single hook, and how this can relate to it being used for salmon and sea trout ...