The German fly fishing magazine Fisch & Fliege issue 76 was in the mailbox last week and besides, among other things, an article by Herman ter Harmsel, about fly fishing for perch on the Maasplassen in the Netherlands, this issue also contains an article by yours truly about nymph fishing for roach in the […]
For those new to the fishing world, the art of fly-fishing may be largely unfamiliar. In fact, for many beginning fishers, the concept of “fly-fishing” in general may be something entirely foreign. Well, that’s perfectly fine. Guest post by Russ Egan In this article, we are going to break down the Top 10 […]
Nothing beats being surrounded by calm water with nothing but you, your rod, and the fish. Any angler will know that there’s various ways to catch these fish, and this article will be focusing on Fly Fishing. By Nancy Reagan No matter how good an angler you are, it’s always good to get […]
After we picked up our catch & release licences at the water sport centre of Stithians Reservoir, we put up our fly-rods and walked the distance to Chapel Bay, close to a kilometre from the car park. The bay we had chosen to fish was easy to wade (although a little soft at certain spots) […]
Fishing guide David Pilkington of the Arundell Arms hotel took us to the beats 7a and 7b on the River Tamar, where we could fish the wet fly for brown trout and grayling. By Rudy van Duijnhoven There was also a good chance to hook a seatrout, according to David, even if the sunny, warm […]
The Arundell Arms Hotel in Lifton has some twenty miles of fishing rights on creeks and small rivers like the Wolf, Thrushel and Lyd, plus on larger rivers like the Tamar and the lower part of the Lyd, where salmon and seatrout are the main quarry. Tinhay Lake is a ginclear, deep lake the shores […]
We drove from Blandford to Lifton yesterday, which is close to the border between Devon and Cornwall. The Arundell Arms Hotel is where we are staying for three nights, we will be fishing a number of their beats in the coming two days. I travelled to the hotel by train some 35 years ago, the […]
On day three of our holidays in the south of England in August of this year, we were invited by Richard Banbury to visit the Orvis warehouse in Andover. Some sixty people work here, they not only supply goods to Orvis fly-fishing shops in the UK, but all over Europe, as far as Russia and […]
Sage partners with famed wordsmith Cameron Scott, adventure photographer Oliver Rogers and photojournalist RC Cone for 2019’s Saltwater Season. Enjoy!
Sage celebrates the season of swinging flies once again with words by Jason Rolfe and conservation thoughts with Jon Hazlett. Read more and watch The Ghost of Steelhead Future.