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Category: Fly Tying

Blue Winged Olive; BWO

10th July 2021 ihancock

Contribution by Simon Jones Yesterday afternoon brought on a stuttering hatch of blue winged olives. An occluded sun and low…

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Sweet Memories

9th August 2020 ihancock

For the last couple of years I’ve been lucky enough to visit the Scourie Hotel in Sutherland North Scotland for…

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Tying a Blood Knot

25th April 2020 ihancock

A blood knot (barrel knot) is a bend knot most usefully employed for joining sections of monofilament nylon line while maintaining a high portion of the…

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Fly Tying Club Competition 2016

23rd January 2017 ihancock

We held our Fly Tying Club Competition on Thursday 28th January 2016 at The Bear. This gave our members an…

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“Trout Fishing” in Spring on the River Usk

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Trout Fishing in Spring on the River Usk. What a fantastic time of year this is. The end of the…

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C&DAS “Fly Tying Club”

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The “Klink & Dink” method of fly fishing. The Klinkhammer is a fly developed in the 1980s by the Dutch…

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C&DAS “Fly Tying Club” Xmas 2014 Competition Evening

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We held our C&DAS Fly Tying Xmas Competition on Thursday 11th November 2014 at The Bear Hotel. It was a fun…

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Flies for the Usk

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Fly Hatches & their imitations for the Usk & Grwyney Rivers. Article supplied by Paul Bowen. The following is a rough…

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Fly Proportions

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These are the proportions you need to bear in mind when tying your flies. Courtesy of The Fly Dressers Guild.…

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Hooks

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WelshRiversUnion🐟🦆🌳

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4 Jan 2025

Wish for?
We already have it, Martin.
I wonder if we could get a tour of one of them, Cwrt Malle Dairy in West Wales.
2000+ head is 365 days indoors for life.
Maize / Forage / Glyphosate fed.
The current @NFUCymru farming strategy is driving us to more of this.
#NotMyChoice

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WelshRiversUnion🐟🦆🌳

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1 Oct 2024

The dairyman that represents the most destroyed & intensively dairy farmed area in the UK.
River destroying season starts soon with Maize harvesting, Glyphosate, nitrate nodules, slurry & its groundhog day
Sam represents Dairymen not constituents!
@SeneddClimate @WGClimateChange

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Mike Blackmore

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26 Sep 2024

Remember, remember, it’s now the 3rd of November!

#WaterIsLife

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Stuart Minnikin

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19 Sep 2024

A brown trout from a rare outing on Tuesday (same fish in both pics). It is possibly my last trout of the 2024 season and if it turns out that way it's a good un to go out on.

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