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For reasons only known to trout, flies incorporating black or orange prove extremely useful between…

FLASHBACK: It’s that time of year again—Wessex FDG’s annual John Hardeley Memorial, held at Woodington…

And thus continue my WTF musings… In the three previous ‘Why Tie Flies’ jottings, I…

Angling to resume on Wednesday, May 13th. The Angling Trust has given a warm welcome…

In this piece, the acronym stands for ‘Why The Flydressers?’ A good question. The Flydressers’…

So, tell me more…Why Tie Flies? Considering the prices of flies available on-line or in-store…

Why tie flies? They’re not very expensive (classic Salmon flies apart), so why not just…

Blogger Rob Horgan takes us back to the end of 2017, when the second John…

Stripey is an imitative Perch fly or a lure, depending on your view. This pattern…

This Hoppercock is an imitative pattern – some might say a modern fancy fly –…

Fly Patterns Our very first blog post looks back at the Fly Dressers’ Guild Wessex…