CONTENTS

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DECEMBER 2011

Contents

7 It Pays To Scratch The Surface

COVER STORY

Scott Graham reveals why lighter flies, fished high up in the water, can outscore the normal heavily weighted flies that we usually turn to at this time of year.

12 Seeing Is Believing

COVER STORY

There are some very large grayling in some of our smaller rivers and streams, and with the right approach they can easily be caught!

18 News TFF takes a peek at all the relevant news and reports that affect UK flyfishers.

22 Bass Heaven Simon Everett travels to Ireland for the superb fly fishing for bass, and is not disappointed.

28 PostBag Have your say, good, bad or indifferent. Get a letter printed and you’ll win a great prize!

30 Countdown To Success

COVER STORY

Presenting flies at the right depth in a very deep stillwater can be tricky. Dominic Garnett takes on the challenge of a ‘bottomless’ pit.

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

36 Casting Into The Wind To be consistent on any water it is essential to be able to cast into the wind. Andy Smith shows you how!

42 Q&A If you need a question answered our panel of experts will do all that they can to help.

44 Stopwatch Local expert Jim Annal steps forward for the Stopwatch Challenge at Craufurdland Estate Fishery, and with a secret fly too – the Two-Ticks Buzzer. 50 Back-End Boat Fishing Action

COVER STORY

Graham Pearson and Al Owen join forces to tackle the lateseason fry-feeding residents of the UK’s most popular venue, Rutland Water.

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57 Fly-Tyer’s Guide Learn to how to tie something old, something new, something borrowed and something blue.

64 Flies With Pulling Power

COVER STORY

Ian Christie, one of the UK’s most progressive fly tyers, reveals some deadly new fly patterns for fryfeeding trout.

68 Hotspots And Daddy-Longlegs Paul Richardson looks for clues that will give him the edge when tackling small waters – they all have hotspots, you just need to know what you’re looking for.

76 ClickandFish Challenge

WIN!

Are you one of the lucky ones to have their fish featured in this special TFF challenge?

80 Total Tackle We review some of the hot new fishing and tying gear that can now be found at your local tackle shop.

85 Sonik Waders Competition We have two pairs of the new Sonik SK4 waders, worth £600, to give away in this fantastic competition.

87 Diary Of A Novice Our novice angler, Jonathan Dooley, takes the plunge and enters his firstever fly fishing competition.

88 Xmas Gear Guide We have all the little stocking fillers that will put a smile on any flyfisher’s face this Christmas.

90 Earn Your Stripes England Youth Team member Sam Edmonds believes that fishing for perch is as exciting as fishing for largemouth bass.

98 Parton’s Parting Shot When it comes to fish-catching ability, it seems that the Sparton Buzzer is the ‘fly’ that practically comes with a guarantee.

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