On Monday 12th February we have three of our members, Dave Provan, Bob & Nick Ring, giving us a talk on fishing in Iceland and I am really looking forward to it (definitely on my bucket list). As a taster here are two flies that Dave used successfully on his last visit.

On the Wild Trout Trust website is a very interesting article on the importance of water crowfoot to chalk stream habitat. http://www.wildtrout.org/wttblog/communities-created-crowfoot

Over the Christmas period I took my 5 year old lad fly fishing for the first time...in fact it was his first time fishing full stop. He was massively excited because I had bought him a little fly box and tied him 10 flies; he was so excited he did not stop talking during the 30 minute walk to the small still water I fish when I am at the in-laws in Shropshire. It was a beautiful day and the water was like a mill pond. He chose the fly and I tackled up for him. Now...what I wa