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As mentioned in an earlier blog post the recent August edition no. 2 of the FlyMage ezine carried an article of mine all about fishing the famous English mayfly hatch on that doyen of English chalkstreams - the River Test.
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So a new season has begun on my local trout stream where I have rejoined the local syndicate - The Balcombe Fly Fishers. I have had 3 evenings there already this month and had it all to myself each time save for the local wildlife.
The pheasants are the most obvious. This years crop of game [...]

Joined forces with Paul Richardson this week of Wychwood Tackle to head down to Avington for some winter rainbow trout fishing for a feature on the Fly Forums website. No point in rewriting the same story so here’s a link.
I did want to share a few more photos though……

A small headwater of the Sussex Adur I fish almost totally chokes with weed every summer, all except that is one large pool on a bend that stays open and fishable. That was where I headed recently for a fly flinging session to see if any of the resident pike could be persuaded to grab hold.
I’d [...]

A recent business meeting with a fellow fly fisher left me with a day to kill at one of the UK’s premier trout fisheries - Avington in Hampshire. Always a good idea to hold business meetings at top fisheries I think!
Not for me though the huge quality trout for whom the fishery is rightly known [...]

This season I had the very good fortune to join a small group of dedicated fly fishers who have created a little oasis of stream fishing in the heart of the Sussex weald. Although there a few pockets of small wild brown trout in the headwaters of the counties rivers such as the Rother, Ouse, Adur [...]