CONTENTS

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JUNE 2012

Contents

6 Ring The Changes With Buzzers Phil Longstaff has his own ways of fishing buzzers that have nothing to do with chance.

12 Getting Started Learning to fly fish is a lifetime’s journey, and in the third part of Allan Sefton’s series he tells how improvers can become experts.

18 News TFF takes a peek at all the relevant news and reports that are affecting the UK’s flyfishers.

22 Get Connected

COVER STORY

Peter de Kremer believes there’s one type of fly line many of us overlook. Does the sink tip offer the ultimate in presentation when fishing buzzers from a drifting boat?

28 PostBag The letters pages are where everyone can have their say – good, bad or indifferent. Get a letter printed and you’ll win a great prize!

32 Turning The Tides Many of us are trying our hand at saltwater fly fishing nowadays, with bass the number-one target. Saltwater guide Austin Goldsmith reveals all you need to know…

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

42 If Carlsberg Did Buzzers… Part 2 We reveal more of the top patterns from the UK’s top anglers; learn how to tie them and the reasons why they are so effective.

48 Slimline Tonics

COVER STORY

Nick Preston reveals that, when things get tough, keeping your flies nice and slim can often put more trout in your net.

04 TOTAL FLYFISHER CONTENTS

53 Fly-Tying Section Learn to how to tie something old, something new and something borrowed…

60 Flash Harry There’s a new material that’ll bring extra life to your fly patterns – Veniard’s great new Fish Scale!

62 Flies With Pulling Power

COVER STORY

Ian Christie, one of the UK’s most progressive fly tyers, opens his fly box and lets us see his top five new nymphs for stillwater trout.

66 The Final Countdown

COVER STORY

Craig Barr looks at the ways in which you can capitalise on those feeding fish by locating them in any depth of water.

72 The River Fisher’s Fly Box John Pearson reveals the flies you’ll need when the hawthorn and, more importantly, the mayfly start to make an appearance.

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

80 Subscriptions Don’t miss your chance to subscribe to TFF and receive some wonderful gifts.

83 Wychwood

WIN!

Flow Fly Reel Competition We’ve teamed up with the guys at Wychwood to give away SIX new Flow reels and two spare spools to go with each of them.

84 Snowbee Challenge Is your fish featured in the new Snowbee challenge? You could be winning some great prizes!

88 Hooked On Iceland For big fish and plenty of them – take a trip to Iceland.

95 Diary Of A Novice Jonathan Dooley is slowly converting to the more imitative side of fly fishing!

98 Parton’s Parting Shot “I could have been a very wealthy man,” says Steve Parton.

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