CONTENTS

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06 Making Waves In Flat Calms

COVER STORY

Northeast expert Paul Richardson explains how to tackle a dreaded flat calm and catch consistently. 12 News We take a good look at all the relevant news and reports affecting the UK’s fly fishers.

18 Match The Hatch John Pearson and six-times English National Rivers Champion John Tyzack look closely at why small flies catch more fish.

22 PostBag Share your ideas and opinions, or if you’ve any moans or groans to get off your chest, drop us a line – you could win some great prizes.

24 Q&A If you’ve a question that needs answering then get in touch with our panel of experts. They’ll do all that they can to help.

26 Signature Series Expert fly tyer Steve Thornton shows you how to tie his bottom-bouncing Cased Caddis.

30 Watch The Birdie

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Fulling Mill’s Steve Carew heads off to Pistford Reservoir, where he follows the birds in search of some fry-feeding rainbows and browns. 36 Dollaghan On The DoubleCastinginstructor Stevie Munn shows you how to tackle the elusive dollaghan, a fish that has captured the imagination of many an angler.

42 Playing With Predators Can a fly angler compete against pike fishing specialists? Simon Everett heads to Rutland Water to find out.

47 Sweet Smell Of Success

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How do you catch very big grayling that receive a constant supply of food from… a sewage works? England international John Emerson has the answer.

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52 Fingers On Buzzers Do your buzzer patterns get to the correct depth that the trout are at on the day? Dominic Garnett shows you how to put them in the taking zone.

57 The Academy Find out how to make your own line tray, tie the Ladies’ Choice dry fly, which rig to fish during November and what our novice angler has been up to this month.

66 A Fearsome Threesome

COVER STORY

When the trout are near the surface your flies need to be easily visible. Scottish stillwater expert Shane Kelly reveals his deadly team of three for this situation!

75 Used & Abused Steve Cullen has been giving his Grand Max fluorocarbon leader material some stick.

76 Total Tackle We review some of the hot new fly fishing and fly-tying kit that’s available from your local tackle shop.

78 I’ll Be Back

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Welsh international David Hoppe shows us just how effective his deadly new Terminator lures are on stillwater rainbows.

83 Competition

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We have 10 pairs of Skee-Tex Barbel Trekker boots, worth a total of £450, up for grabs!

84 ClickandFish Challenge Is your special fish featured in TFF’s badgewinning challenge?

88 Subscriptions Don’t miss your chance to subscribe to TFF and receive some wonderful fly lines.

92 Majestic Montana Newbie fly flisher David Guest gets to grips with two of America’s prestigious trout rivers, the Boulder and the Yellowstone.Welcome to Big Sky Country…

98 Parton’s Parting Shot Steve Parton does a bit of bank fishing like the rest of us, just not with the same type of tackle. Are you surprised?

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