Tip on releasing fish back to the water.
Use the net to carry the fish back to the water and, choosing a suitable spot,
lower it into the water. Let the rim of the net down and guide the fish over the rim, facing into the current. Usually the fish will simply swim away strongly and no [...]

Why barbless?
The trend towards fishing with artificial flies on barbless hooks is increasing each year. There are doubtless reasons for that – practical as well as ethical.

Why fish barbless in the first place? For starters, it’s easier on the fish. Assuming you’re practicing catch and release, backing a barbless hook out of a trout’s mouth [...]

Droppers and Tandem Rigs

Some basics on the life cycle of the Atlantic salmon

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Some basic principles of saltwater fly fishing in the UK

The dry fly aims to imitate the arrival on the surface of the water either a freshly hatched fly after it has emerged from the larva, an aquatic fly returning to the water to lay its eggs or a land based insect (terrestrial) blown onto the water by accident.
Dry-fly fishing has to be carried with [...]

Wet-fly fishing is normally put into practice on rougher streams and rivers, or fished through the waves on still-waters. Here a fly has little chance of staying on the surface and sinks easily. Trout are well used to waiting for their food underwater where they can see more clearly.
In wet-fly fishing the fly is tied [...]