August ’07

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08FIGHT TO THE FINISH When the sun’s high in the sky and the lakes are clear, it’s time to stalk those jumbo trout! Which of this month’s two contenders will be crowned king of Chalk Springs?

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SNOWBEE CHALLENGE Have you got what it takes to be the TFF Angler Of The Month? Why not enter your catch picture to win a coveted enamel badge and maybe even some great Snowbee kit!

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THE APPRENTICE In the third part of his back-to-basics series, Hywel Morgan takes apprentice Rob Evans on his fi rst visit to a large water. Welcome to reservoir bank fi shing!

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POSTBAG/HAVE YOUR SAY Have your say on the world of fl y fi shing. This month we ask the question: “Should small stillwaters close during the summer months to avoid having stressed fi sh stocks?”

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NEWS Where is your fl y tackle made? TFF looks into the thorny subject of the foreign manufacture of fl ies and asks: should a fair-trade system be introduced?

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26JOHN BAILEY MEETS. . . He’s one of British television’s household names and now freely admits that he only acts so he can afford to go fi shing; this month John Bailey meets Geoffrey Palmer.

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54GETTING STARTED Catching fi sh on home-tied patterns is something that all fl y fi shers strive to do, and it will be easy by following this month’s guide to the Diawl Bach!

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DEADLY KILLERS Follow the road to fl y-tying success with TFF’s stepby-step guide to three top patterns for August.

TYING CHALLENGE Who’s top of the tree when it comes to river dry fl ies? Here are the results from June’s challenge, along with details of how you can win some great materials!

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HATCH, MATCH, CATCH For the avid dry-fl y fi sherman there really is no better time to be on the water than a summer evening... it’s sedge time!

THE HUNT FOR A PERFECT 10 Steve Parton’s search for a double-fi gure reservoir trout took him to Northampton’s Pitsford Water this month. Rudder at the ready – would he meet the target?

Hatch, Match, Catch, p30.

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DESERT ISLAND FLIES One of Scottish trout fi shing’s biggest names, Dave Chalmers, is stranded with just three fl y patterns thanks to TFF. Which ones will he choose?

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Getting Started, p54.