A Fly For Sabrina ...

Morning,

In today's missive I've ventured away from my home county of North Yorkshire and as you read this will be winding my way through rural Wales in a small convoy of campervans.

"Who's this Sabrina then?" I can hear you ask ... well ...

It was while I was working out exactly where our campervan excursion would take us, that I stumbled across her.

I've always had a fascination for the Welsh rivers (having often fished on the Wye & Usk Passport Scheme), it turns out that part of our trip will run directly alongside the River Severn - the longest river in the UK.

It was while doing a little research, mainly to see if I could hide a fly rod in the van and try and get a few hours on the water, that I came across Sabrina ...

Apparently, the River Severn gets its name from the Latin word 'Sabrina' (of Roman origin), this was eventually Anglicised to become 'Severn' - the Welsh name for Sabrina is Hafren and when translated it means boundary - which makes sense as at least part of the river is seen to form the boundary between Wales & England

With this in mind, I called a good friend, who I know fishes that part of the world regularly, for a little advice. One nugget of wisdom he came up with was:

"when the river speaks in whispers, you must whisper back"

By that, he meant to use smaller flies (and longer leaders) wherever I could. A couple of years ago we produced a set of smallish patterns - size 18's - which sold out virtually immediately, Over the Winter I re-ordered them again and they arrived with us last week.

Safe to say, I have a couple of sets of them hidden away in the campervan for use this week.

As the next few months are the perfect time of year to use them, we're launching them today - I've imaginatively called them The River Whisperer Selection:

Our River Whisperer Selection contains 7 patterns (all size 18) and are available from today. The patterns included are:

• Crystal Greenfly
• Cul Aphid
• Green Para Aphid
• Needle Fly
• Orange Para Aphid
• Pink Para Aphid
• Victoria's Secret

You can view full detailed images of each fly pattern included further down in this email.

Our River Whisperer Selection contains 7 patterns (all size 18) and are available from today, priced at only £21.50 - which includes FREE delivery to anywhere within the UK - click on any image or button in this email to view close-up images and details of the flies included.

Please Note: We only have 40 of these selections available this year - there will be no more tied, as our tiers are now all booked up until November.

*** Grab your Selection today to avoid a 'blank' this summer ***

Keep on reading for some stunning images of the flies included within our River Whisperer Selection:

The Small Fly Manifesto

I had numerous emails last week asking how to get a hold of our "Small Fly Manifesto", so for those of you who missed our free download earlier - which gives you the low down on leaders and tactics to use when fishing small flies - you can grab yours by clicking either the image or button below.

I'm hoping that Sabrina whispers to me in Wales - I'll let you know what she says next week!