How to Spot Fish - Dealing With The Dreaded Fly Fishing Glare

It’s never too glary to find a few fish, you just have to adapt your strategy.

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The other day on the river we experienced a common occurrence on the Mataura, and something Iäó»ve seen many anglers mentioning / lamenting in their posts of late... The hatch is on, however the fi...

Techy Thursday - Autumn Unweighteds

As the waters cool and the mayfly activity increases, fish will often move up higher into the riffles than usual. That ankle - calf deep water right up the head, or along the very edge of the riffl...

1 Before you go: Like all fishing trips, it is imperative you tell someone your plans (i.e. where you are going and when you are returning). While the dangers of fishing are ever present they are...

Fly Fishing In Autumn - Tip #3 Go BIG

By now we will all have noticed subtle changes in brown trout behaviour as autumn gets on - new fish in the upper reaches, territorial / aggressive behaviour or fish just sitting there, dormant, im...

Friday Fly Day - April Film Flies

As the days grow short and temperatures drop, the trout begin to lift to the plethora of mayflies hatching out while conditions are optimal. A glance at most anglers fly patches usually reveals a p...

So if you didn't get see yesterdayäó»s Techy Thursday dropping of knowledge on spinner falls, then you need to go check it. If you caught it, then here is the dime on tactical spinner imitations to...

Autumn's kicking it up a gear and lately we have experienced some cracking spinner falls here in the South, but many struggle to identify the difference between a rise to a spinner, and a rise to a...

John Lewis of Epicwilderness.com has put together a very comprehensive selection of tips, tricks and learnings from some of the best in the business. Fifty experts sharing their top three tips? Tha...

A tricky lake edge brown taken using Trouthunter flouro. On recent return form the 2015 Youth World Fly Fishing Championships, my attention to tippet has been of great importance. Colorado was ri...