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

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. 

A PERFECT FLY?

Is there such a thing as a perfect fly? I believe there are many well tied flies that have a great ‘strike rate’ among different

WIRE LEADER MELTED LOOP

I love the Double Rapala knot shared by Leonard in his post of Double Rapala knot & Piano Wire knots for tigerfish.  The other exceptional

SPANISH GOLD

“A mirror-calm bay glided into view as we hiked around a dry wheat-coloured hillock.  Dry grass lined the banks as far as the eye could

FLIES FOR SPANISH BARBEL

Spanish barbel gently sip dries, but what follows is an electric, turbo charged, dash into the depths.  Here are some patterns that worked during the

THE SQUIRMY SWITCH

Spanish barbel after barbel would tear off on their first run and then proceed to rip tippet and squirmies ragged over the sharp gravel. Most

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