CONTENTS

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JANUARY 2012

Contents

6 From Warp Speed To Dead Stop!

COVER STORY

Catching clued-up fry feeders can be tricky, and rapid retrieves, or the lack of them, can play a huge part in your success.

18 Out Of The Comfort Zone Martin Smith heads into the teeth of the wind to show you how fishing his weighted lures in the correct manner will improve your catch rate.

12 Disco Shrimp

COVER STORY

River fishing expert Ben Bangham reveals his deadly new fly that he’s been using to target winter grayling – with great effect!

24 PostBag Have your say, whether that be good, bad or indifferent. Get a letter printed and you’ll win some great prizes!

16 News TFF takes a closer look at the top stories and relevant news and reports that affect the UK’s flyfishers.

26 A Coarse Guide To Salmon Stan Piecha says catching salmon is easy – with a little bit of watercraft and careful planning you’ll land one.

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

32 Want To Be The Best? How do you win the ultimate prize in UK competitive fly fishing – the Brown Bowl? The 2011 winner, David Hoppe, shows us how he did it.

38 Total FlyFisher 2011 Tackle Awards The results are in and we have a whole host of winners and runners-up from our 2011 survey.

42 It’s All About Mobility

COVER STORY

Craig Barr reckons that success is all about being in the right place at the right time, as he finds out at Elinor Trout Fishery.

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48 Crystal-Clear Thinking When you’re faced with water so clear it seems that the trout are floating in midair, then your approach is critical. Scott Graham finds out more.

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

62 Flies With Pulling Power Ian Christie, one of the UK’s most progressive fly tyers, shows off some amazing stalking bugs – heavyweight flies with plenty of colour!

67 Diary Of A Novice Our novice angler, Jonathan Dooley, gets a helping hand, enabling him to catch his four-fish limit in double-quick time!

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

74 A Trout Every Trip

COVER STORY

Want to learn the secrets to catching on every outing? So did one of our young readers, Adam Butlin, who gets the lowdown on small waters.

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

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

85 Sharpe’s Giveaway

WIN!

We have some fantastic luggage and a snazzy new fly reel to give away in our great Sharpe’s Of Aberdeen competition

87 Tackle & Guns Review At the recent Tackle & Guns Trade Show we found some amazing new products from some of the top manufacturers.

90 A Day To Remember John Pearson gets all emotional as he reacquaints himself with the dry fly in a very memorable day on the productive Derbyshire Wye.

98 Parton’s Parting Shot It seems that nothing is beyond the amazing Steve Parton – even flying a plane is within his grasp, it appears!

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