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ISSUE 514
ON DRIESO DR AYC TE GS H A LF HO & DA DDIES NEW
Monk f ly for carp
RESERVOIRS
RIVERS
LATE BROWNS SPIDER-SWING
Nick Hart's Wimbleball tips
Search water, catch more
SMALL WATERS
WEED COLOUR
Match the thatch to catch!
WHERE TO FISH
KENNICK TIPS Autumn hotspots & flies
Contents
BE INSPIRED
FLY-TYING
If the trout are hot and bothered, try for carp on fly. Peter Cockwill tests out his new patterns
COVER STORY Peter Gathercole’s step-by-step to a top autumn pattern
6 Get a Monk on COVER STORY
Cover image by: Peter Gathercole
TACTICS
12 Squatter’s rights!
COVER STORY Iain Barr crouches low to target Grafham’s shrimp-feeders with his new flies
18 Worth the effort
Nick Hart works extra hard to catch late-season browns at Wimbleball Reservoir COVER STORY
23 Silver from the surf
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Top tips for catching bass on the fly
26 Match the thatch
COVER STORY Peter Cockwill selects flies a similar shade to the weed because insects do the same!
32 The humble Hopper
COVER STORY Steve Cullen sings the praises of this highly-successful surface pattern
36 Dee Valley Spider-swing
COVER STORY Paul Richardson covers more water by swinging Spiders on the River Dee in Wales
FOCUS ON... 44 Daddies COVER STORY
Get ready for this autumn highlight
Phil Dixon picks his top autumn fly patterns
74 Flymasters
Peter Gathercole judges your Hopper imitations and sets a new fly-tying challenge
TACKLE 79 New gear
COVER STORY Robbie Winram reviews the latest gear including Wychwood fly lines and Scierra waders
84 Fly-tying products
Tying with Hardwear tools, hotspot vinyl and compara cow elk
OPINION & NEWS 86 News
Fishing4Schools, fly fairs and the sad loss of Tony Fordham
88 Letters
90 Cockwill
Kennick Reservoir in Devon
52 Otterburn Castle
A historic retreat with its own stretch of river
ADVICE
56 Advice squad
Fishing Buzzers, hot weather sport and the ‘J’ knot
59 How to...
Pick the right tippet material
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72 Fastmail flies
Four top trout fisheries to visit this month COVER STORY
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COVER STORY Russ Symons ties an ‘unsinkable’ Daddy
Trout Fisherman readers have their say on flyfishing for pike and mixed-method fisheries
50 Spotlight on...
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68 Flybox fillers
WHERE TO FISH 47 UK waters
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65 Tie the Halfhog
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Fishing still has the capacity to surprise us, as Peter explains...
91 Troutmasters
This month’s badge winners plus your latest catch pictures from around the UK
95 Iain Barr
Scierra Pairs tactics and why this could be a great late season
98 Wading in
Is there a move within fishing to gradually isolate killing trout?
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THIS MONTH’S WINNER
Sam Gammon with a 5lb 12oz rainbow from Avington. Sent in by Simon Gammon
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Pictures: Peter Gathercole Words: Peter Cockwill
Get a MONK ON
Peter Cockwill’s new fly pattern to catch summer carp...
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BE INSPIRE D
If the trout & bothered are hot , tr y carp on fly for
It’s quite unusual to see carp leaping out of the water, but they do.
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Words: Iain Barr Pictures: Peter Gathercole
It’s best to keep low when fishing on Grafham’s dam. Stand and you’ll spook fish!
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TACTICS New pa
tter tackle Gra ns to f ha killer shrim m’s p
Squatter’s RIGHT!
With a backdrop of open sky, presentation when fishing dams applies as much to your body as your flies. Iain Barr crouches low at Grafham as his new Killer Shrimps go to work…
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TACTICS RESERVOIRS Words: Nick Hart Pictures: Henry Gilbey
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WORTH THE EFFORT
Nick Hart has to work extra hard to catch late-season browns at Wimbleball...
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TACTICS SALTWATER Words & pictures: Mike Handyside A successful bass fishing session for Garry Davies.
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TACTICS SMALL STILLWATERS Words & pictures: Jeffrey Prest
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Match THE THATCH In a twist on fly-fishing’s oldest theme, fish fall to a fly that matches not so much the bug as its backdrop…
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TACTICS RIVERS Words: Paul Richardson Pictures: Peter Gathercole
Dee Valley Spider-swing Paul Richardson swings flies to cover water and catch wild browns on the River Dee...
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