AMBUSH BABY
In the Thomas & Thomas Zone 10’2 2-weight, Gerald Penkler discovers a rod that excels at euronymphing, handles streamers and dries, and comes into its
Gerald Penkler
CRUISING IN THE SLO LANE
Striking a balance between enjoying a holiday with his young family and targeting marbles, Gerald Penkler experiences fly fishing in Slovenia at a different pace.
CARP ON FRY
Plop. Greedy eyes swivelled towards the commotion. As they focussed, I swear she licked her fat rubber lips at the fry pattern hovering 1.5m away.
OCEAN TRIGGERFISH
Fly fishing for ocean triggerfish: Forget the gaudy colours of its Indian Ocean brethren, the ocean triggerfish is the Anna Wintour of the entire goofy,
FLEACING MULLET
Mullet are suckers for a floating sand flea imitation. This is especially true along beaches where masses of sand fleas are writhing under every frond
TAIL STRUMMING GUITARFISH
Fly fishing for guitarfish: Tails slapped and splashed ahead. Excitedly, we crunched our way forward through shells and the West Coast mist that enveloped everything
ROD GUIDE REPLACEMENT
I have never had a rod eye break, but last weekend I had not one, but two fail. The first, not surprisingly, was on my
EXOTIC ROACH ZONKER SBS
A shadow cruised just under the turquoise surface. Could it be? The shape suggested a small Mangar. It accelerated towards the small white zonker that
DEEP TROUT
Trout catch reports in August are always low for the big UK reservoirs. In the cooler depths, even with a DI8, they are hard to
SUMMER CHUBBING
Gold flashed and I ducked behind the shrubbery. In the pale morning light, a spectacle emerged. A thick black cloud of fry penned in by
