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Tasty Terrestrials & Barbless Beetles

As the summer begin, those of you who fish regularly will have noticed that the bank-side foliage just seems to get denser every time you visit the water. These are ideal conditions for all sorts of insects to thrive, from small leaf-eating insects to hoards of beetles and ants. This is prime time for all terrestrial activity on both rivers and stillwaters.

With the Mayfly season just about over, it's time to make some space.

The Mayfly season has just about packed its bags for another year - and if your local river is anything like mine, the hatch has already started to fade to the odd late emerger and straggler drifting past while you wonder whether to bother changing patterns (again).

The Advantage of Small Unweighted Nymphs - Summer Low Water Tactics

Firstly, I'd like to thank all of you who managed to snag one of our Dynamite Harry Selections - I've already had one customer contact me, they received their flies yesterday morning and caught on them in the afternoon! This week has been pretty full on so far, with me being away for the weekend, there have been loads of orders to get packed and out of the door.

The 'post-Mayfly' fly most anglers have never heard of - but probably should.

Depending upon where you are in the UK, the Mayfly is either nearly done or just about to get going - that's the difficulty with the timing and writing of these emails, I need to cater for 2 very different worlds.

I Never Knew I Was A Phenologist!

Before I start, a quick clarification - this email is about Phenology, the science of nature's seasonal timing. It is not about Phrenology - the Victorian pseudoscience of reading personality from the bumps on your skull:

No idea what's hatching? Here's what to do (and use).

I hope you had a great weekend - it was a hot one, and I didn't manage to get out onto the water once - family duties called - so I did what it seems like everyone else was doing - sat at a family BBQ with a beer in hand! Whilst chatting with one of my in-laws, who's just taken up fly fishing, we got onto the subject of how to 'match the hatch' - he was finding it really difficult to put names to the insects and then select the right fly, so I handed him one of out NEW Generic Dun Selections (you can read about it below) - that should fix his, and 90% of fly anglers, problems with fly identification in the coming months.

Bosnian Danica's - Direct from our man on the ground!

It's that time of year again. We've received a parcel from 'Our Man In Bosnia', and it contains only 2 patterns - both are perfect for this time of year!

The 'Morning' Mayfly - Nymphs & Emergers

As I've mentioned in previous communications, I have to drive along the side of my local river to get to Barbless Flies HQ - along the way I get a very good view of the river - and can check the insects which are splattered across my windscreen to see what's hatching!

Mayfly Tombola - 2 Detached Duns & A Spent

I managed to venture out onto the water for an hour or so on Monday evening - it was epic! The wild fish on my local Derwent are usually pretty selective when feeding, and usually refuse any offering I pass by their noses.

Why You Need A Furled Leader in Your Life

As we are now well into the trout season, I wanted this week's email to be focused on getting the most from your leader setups (for both Rivers and Stillwaters) - especially when using less aerodynamic flies - typically when using any 'spent' style or Mayfly patterns.

Just Arrived - New Mayfly Patterns

As we now have full stock of all Mayflies, I am focusing today's email on a few patterns which are new to us, and you will find useful in the coming weeks - especially if you are fishing in the afternoon or early evening.

The Annual Danica Dance

I've started to hear of the odd Mayfly coming off the rivers of the South and South-West - I also saw a single on up here in North Yorkshire on Saturday when I was on the water - so thought it was about time that I started to turn your attention to the larger flies in our boxes - The Mayflies.

Innovative Scuds

The Bacchus Bug Selection

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