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Ginger Guys Called Tom & Stan
Who says the fun stops when the river season closes?
Not us. It’s time to think about stillwaters, or maybe a little grayling fishing - my favour...
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🥓 Better Bacon Butties 🥓
Your October Fly Fishing Primer
We’ve just moved offices (last weekend), we closed at 17:00 last Friday and we were back up and running again for...
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Danny, Champion of the World … and the Gallic Nymph 🐓
Don't Tell Danny's Dad!
Morning,
Today's email missive is all about a very special Gallic Nymph, which ties quite neatly into a story from my long...
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Autumnal Stillwater Devils - You Asked For Them, We've Delivered!
The 'Little Devils'
As I am currently finding out, Autumn can be a very odd season for fishing stillwaters, and often us amateur anglers opt for ...
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Designed to Catch A Fish - Not An Angler
Morning,
There are days when knowing your Midge from your Muskin makes all the difference ... When matching the hatch perfectly is what turns tent...
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The Universal 'Blank' Saver - Our Derwent Worms
Morning,
Picture this: It's a grey September afternoon (back in 2024) on my local - the Yorkshire Derwent, the kind of day where the leaves are gi...
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It's Dynamite & Deadly - Harry & The Daddy
Morning,
We have two NEW flies for you today - one has Swedish origins (thanks to good friend Niklas for putting me onto it) and the other is abso...
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A Rolls-Royce for Only £1.95 !!!
Morning,
Here at Barbless Flies, September & October are usually pretty busy months, you will often find both Jack and I burning the midnight ...
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Easy .. Easy .. Easy - Big Daddies & Giant Haystacks
Easy ... Easy ... Easy
It's time to deploy the Big Daddies, but how 'BIG' is big?
If you're around my age, let's just say 55+, then I'm sure you ...
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Early Autumn - Part 1 - Prime Time Stillwater Tactics
Prime Time Fishing
Welcome to Part 1 of our 2-part mini series on Early Autumn Tactics.
Part 2 (which will be with you on Thursday) concentrates o...
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The Creative Caddis - Direct from Bosnia
The Creative Caddis (or Stylish Sedge)
On my local small stream - the Yorkshire Derwent - it's been really difficult fishing of late, with the rec...
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The Muskin - The Stillwater Fly You Never Knew Exited!
Morning,
I hope you had a great Bank Holiday weekend. For me, the August bank holiday weekend always signals a few things:
The end of the summer...
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