Hawker-Overend Fishing
This July fishing report covers my fly fishing activities on the Welsh Dee. I’ve caught my first sea trout of the season and some lovely trout and grayling. A few lucky anglers have also caught salmon.
June fishing report for the River Ribble and Welsh Dee. Covering my fly fishing efforts for trout, salmon and sea trout; and a general update on notable fish caught by other anglers.
Lockdown has eased and it was wonderful to go fly fishing again on local rivers &. stillwaters. May’s fly fishing diary covers trips to the Welsh Dee, River Ribble, Grizedale Lea and Rumsworth reservoirs.
Welsh Dee fishing report – during the last two weeks of the salmon fishing season, a few beautiful salmon have been caught by a lucky few…
Salt water fly fishing at Arnside in Cumbria I went to the Lake District at the weekend to celebrate my dad’s birthday with the family. While there I went fishing at Arnside with my brother. At Arnside, there is a low water estuary lagoon, by the railway viaduct, where you
At the start of May, I treated my son, George, a days fishing at Stocks Reservoir fishing trip as part of his birthday celebrations. The fishing at Stocks Reservoir had been great for the last few weeks and with the weather forecast for a breezy, overcast day we were optimistic
While waiting for the Welsh Dee to recover from last week’s major flood, I treated my son, George, to a fly fishing trip to Stocks Reservoir in search of rod-bending rainbow trout action. I also need to get some distance casting practice in before next week’s trip to Cuba. Last
Recently I’d read an interesting article on tying and Bling spider fly patterns. The initial fly fishing results were very encouraging when fished on the Welsh Dee at Llangollen.
In previous years, I’ve fished the Bala & District AA (BDAA) beat of the Welsh Dee below the bridge at Llandderdel (see the following map); especially, when the river is high at Llangollen. I mentioned this to my friend Alan, who had never fished the upper Welsh Dee, and he
A couple of salmon were caught on Tuesday but most anglers were having a tough time even thou the river was in good condition for salmon fishing. I agreed to do some salmon guiding for Ludwig but how did we get on…
I’ve been asked for advice on how to catch grayling on the Welsh Dee during this prolonged period of hot and dry weather. Therefore, in this post, I will share my approach to summer grayling fly fishing.
During this River Tay salmon fishing holiday, I caught my first Tay Springer while fly fishing on the Lower Kinnaird Estate beat. The salmon was caught in the Guay Pool.
salmon on a single-handed rod At the end of June, heavy rain pushed the river skywards again, which should have encouraged sea trout and salmon to come in off the tide. At the beginning of July a spell of dry weather allowed the river to fall off again and by