dry fly fishing

As Iceland becomes increasingly subscribed for this season prime space is becoming hard to come by. Some space has just become available on one of our favourite rivers in early

Blue winged olive; I am a fly fishing addict, and whilst any day spent on the water provides me with my fix there is one thing I hope for more

Just a short flight from the UK and you can be in some of the most beautiful mountainous surroundings with beautiful clear rivers and streams, good food and great wine.

Hampshire Chronicle, July 28th 1988 – River Itchen Probably the largest trout ever caught in this country, if we except one or two in Alresford Pond, was caught in the

How many casts do you make on a days fishing on a chalkstream? In an ideal world, as many as the amount of fish you catch, that’s presented casts, not

We are very excited this year to add Straumfjardara to our portfolio of Atlantic salmon rivers in Iceland. This unique river located up on Snaefells peninsular on the west coast of

Phil Ratcliffe went fly fishing in Bosnia on an Aardvark McLeod exclusive week in September 2017. Phil is a fully qualified casting instructor, Sage and Fulling Mill representative based in

The Hafralonsa is one of those rivers I have dreamed of fishing for many years after I so nearly did a season guiding there in the 1990s. Sadly a broken

Despite the early autumn and the damp and windy days the chalkstream rivers are continuing to produce some excellent dry fly fishing. Water levels are still low throughout the south

The River Anton is a wonderful chalkstream flowing into the River Test just above Stockbridge. It features a great variety of wide open shallows, fast weedy sections and deep holes. The river

As we approach the last week in August the rains have still not arrived in Iceland and many of the rivers are now crying out for water and showing their

The story from Iceland at the end of last week is still very much the same as previous – the country is waiting for rain. Many of the rivers are