Thanks for visiting my half arsed attempt at a north east fly fishing blog. To be honest, if I had the choice between fishing and keeping this thing up to date the fishing would win hands down.

However, you’re in luck. Due to the awful weather we’ve had, and still seem to be getting regularly to make sure we’ve not forgotten what rain is, I’ve plenty of time to tinker and dabble with the blog.

If you’d like to follow my exploits north east fly fishing ‘as they happen’ then please take a look at my @neflyfisherman Twitter feed – I often try and drop my phone in the river whilst taking pictures of the tiny trout I catch, you’ll be able to enjoy them in near real time live action!

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The recent posts

  • It’s official, I’m a walker not a fisher(man)

  • Even though I knew it’d be hard going after yesterdays downpour, I had the opportunity to steal a few hours on the river this afternoon, so I took it. My lovely wife decided to take the kids to the cinema, but suggested if I wanted to head of fishing I should do so as the film they wanted to see … Continued

  • Dark thoughts and coffee

  • Yesterday, for a change, I managed to leave work at a decent time. I popped home for a quick bite to eat (left over pizza from the night before is an excellent, quick post-fishing meal) and headed off for a few ours on the river. I arrived at the Linzford stretch at 6:30pm, more or less the same time the … Continued

  • Orvis Fly Fishing Guide (Kindle) on special offer

  • Not sure what the normal price is (paperback is getting on for £15) but for a limited time The Orvis Fly-Fishing Guide has been reduced to a bargain price of £1.98. According to Amazon, this is the completely revised and updated with over 400 new color photos and illustrations version of the e-book. At less than two quid it’s cheaper than, … Continued