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Book 10 Deadly River Dry Flies with Tying Instructions – The only dry flies you will ever need

Authors: Jonathan Barnes and Jan Siman

Compiled by two fly fishing champions this book presents the ultimate dry flies suitable for rivers all over the world with clear step by step instructions. The flies have been tried and tested for decades and are a mix of traditional patterns, more modern innovative patterns using CDC and utility patterns with a dual purpose, specifically to suspend nymphs. Continue reading “Book 10 Deadly River Dry Flies with Tying Instructions – The only dry flies you will ever need”

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Otava Fish Will Make Your Reel Sing

Otava 2018, Pertti Jalonen, nymph fishing
Nymph fishing at Otava river

In July-August 2017 we – me and my wife together with our daughter and our Czech son-in-law and his parents – spent a weekend in the Sumava National Park in southwestern Bohemia. We stayed at the pittoresque small town of Kasperske Hory, hiked in the surroundings and further away in most tremendous landscapes. We also visited nearby towns as Susice and smaller locations enjoying good food and coffee. Continue reading “Otava Fish Will Make Your Reel Sing”

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Flies for Trout: A Taster on What to Tie & Buy

Author: Paul Gaskell

With great memories of a fantastic trip to Sumava with Jan himself in 2012, here’s an exclusive sampler version of a long-form article from discover tenkara covering some of the best patterns for trout across a wide range of “schools” of fly fishing. Of course, the nymphs, dries and streamers  that Jan demonstrated for us were used to great effect on the trout, brook trout, ide and grayling that fell for those charms!
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