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2025 Trout Season Kicks Off!
After my trip to Sicily (in the adventures blogs section!), I had a slightly delayed start to the brown trout season in Oban. Connor and...
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Apr 10, 20252 min read


Smut dry flies
Everyone has had the days on a stream or hill loch where the fish are feeding and rising, but you just cant see what they are feeding on!...
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Feb 25, 20252 min read


Pacchiarini's Wiggle Tails
I have seen a few pike flies recently with a big curly tail. Unboxing the Pacchiarini's wiggle tails After some googling I came across...
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Feb 21, 20252 min read


Foam Poppers, Fresh and Salt
Fulling Mill fly popper blanks Foam poppers aren't our most used flies, but I thought it would be good fun to knock some up for Pike...
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Feb 18, 20252 min read


Hare's ear nymph
The Hare’s Ear Nymph is one of the most effective and versatile flies in fly fishing, designed to imitate a wide range of aquatic...
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Feb 18, 20252 min read


Winter Ling hunt in Loch Etive
The Ling ( Molva molva ) is a long, half eel, half cod-like fish found in Scottish waters. Although it's textbook habitat is deep, rocky...
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Feb 18, 20254 min read


The Black Pennel (& Pennel Variants)
The classic black pennel fly Few flies in the angler's box carry the timeless appeal of the Black Pennell. This iconic wet fly, designed...
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Jan 29, 20252 min read


The Magic Worm
Found in a museum gift shop near you! Soft plastics like the savage gear soft plastic eels have done me very well in the past for pike in...
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Jan 28, 20252 min read


The Small Shrimp
The small shrimp is a tie we made to fish just under our feet and in gin-clear saltwater where we can watch it skipping just over rocks...
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Jan 12, 20252 min read


The Klinkhammer
The Klinkhammer on a size 12 curved shank hook One of our go-to flies. With various sizes imitating midges to larger caddis and mayflies,...
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Jan 12, 20252 min read


Freshwater 2024 Roundup
A perfect trout to start the year As a first post to get the blog up and running (and set up the links), a quick round up of the...
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Jan 11, 20253 min read


Saltwater 2024 Roundup
Just like the trout fishing, we didn't have one blank session, and almost every session produced a personal best pollack! Not bad for a...
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Jan 11, 20251 min read
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