A new e-book the result of 3/4 years of research that examines and, as you can imagine, dispels some of the assumed knowledge of how the trout are feeding. As with Peter Hayes's previous book it prompts the reader to question exactly what is happening when we fish. The authors are the subject of the excellent 'Fly Culture Podcast' which gives you a good insight of what you can expect. Included are plenty of fly patterns with extensive reasoning for their apparent success. The

Stuart Crofts at the BFFI gave some very interesting predictions about the hatches we can expect this season. He bases these on the previous weather conditions which are critical during three phases; Emergence, swarming & egg laying, if there are high winds and heavy rain during any of these hatches are likely to be poor. Some of his predictions are; Large Dark Olive - O.K. Blue Winged Olive - poor Olive Upright - good Mayfly - very good, with a proviso that because of the fl