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In my last post, using Jim McLaughlin’s data taken from the Wye over the last three years, we showed, conclusively in my opinion, that there is a correlation between the height of water and the chance of catching a salmon. Using the same data we can plot the number of fish caught on rising and […]

How many anglers check the river height to assess their chances of catching a salmon before leaving home and does river height play a part in determining salmon catches? My good friend Jim McLaughlin has been collecting fish catch figures from Wyesham, on the bottom part of the river Wye for the last three years […]

My good friend Jim McLaughlin has just launched a new App called The Salmon Fly Size Calculator which is based on the old Hardy Arkless calculator – for those of you that can remember it. To use the calculator you simply enter the water temperature, the speed of the river, the level of colour of […]

“Klink and Dink” (also known as duo or New Zealand style) is used to describe fishing with a weighted nymph suspended from a buoyant fly such as the klinkhamer and this is my most successful way of catching grayling and trout, in all seasons and throughout the world. I have literaly caught hundreds of fish […]

One of the most successful ways of catching trout and grayling all year round but particularly in the winter is by nymph fishing with a team of weighted flies. My two go-to patterns in the winter when fishing for grayling are the heavy nymph, which is the point fly, and pink nymph tied to a dropper. […]