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FF&FT EXPEDITION FLASK & CUPS
FF&FT EXPEDITION FLASK & CUPS
Three anglers, three approaches, but all with the same philosophy. Great minds think alike. And there’s a definite theme running through this issue, as water temperatures plummet and fish become ever more finicky. For Dave Southall, fishing...
The fly’s fascinating history, and variants you didn’t know The Zulu was one of the first loch flies I learned to tie, a basic pattern which any fly dresser can understand and tie well enough to catch a fish. Smaller Zulus fish well in rivers...
Incorporating regimental colours into classics During the ‘great Covid lockdown’ of 2020, many people decided to try to do something dierent in their contained and constrained lives: some learned to play a musical instrument, others...
Tackle USA’s dynamic bass
Bugs still struggling, says citizen science; Welsh Water ocially bog standard; Frome slumps to record low; Scottish salmon farming “not paying its way”… and more.
Magnus Angus tests a Sage Igniter; unpacks a foldaway landing net, and trials a clip-system for holding the rod whilst changing fly mid-stream. Commanding trout power Sage Igniter 10ft #7 4pce Fast, stiff, light. In my hand this feels fairly...
A floating UV-cure resin, improved Magic Quills and colour-fast GSP thread are under FF&FT scrutiny. A floating UV-setting resin. Buoyant Armor is white, nominally opaque, oddly thick, more gel-like than sticky and viscous. As far as I can...