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24Drifting On Giant Waters At times, the UK’s largest stillwaters can be daunting places for even seasoned reservoir fishers, let alone the novices. However, May and June bring with them a window of opportunity for the dry-fly angler and, with a little know-how of where to look, they can be faced with rise after rise from grown-on rainbow trout. Armed with a never-seen-before selection of killer dry flies, Jim Crawford takes to a rippled Rutland Water and explains how to make the most of the action!

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36Vital Skills Charles Jardine brings his instructional series to an end, describing the hours that every fly fisher longs for… the evening rise. The last couple of hours of light don’t always offer the chance of rising trout, eager to take any dry fly that lands in their direction; it can be just the opposite, explains Charles, and knowledge and preparation is the key. Read this and learn all you need to know about the location, tackle and tactics for turning those risers into takers!

8Agent X TFF’s undercover fishery reporter takes a rain-drenched trip to Lancaster to experience a day in a boat on Clevely Mere.

14In The Loop All of the latest news from the world of fly fishing, revealed in this month’s TFF.

18Letters The pick of the TFF postbag, airing your comments, your suggestions and, this month, your ideas of “fly fishing heaven!”

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24Drifting On Giant Waters Jim Crawford takes a boat out on Rutland Water with the deadliest dries in his fly box.

30Q&A Our panel of experts answers a host of your questions on the fine art of dry-fly fishing.

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36Vital Skills Make the most of the back end of the day! Charles Jardine tells us how to get the best out of the evening rise…

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44The Key To Success In the last part of his series, top small-water angler Fred Bainbridge meets overcast skies and rising trout – perfect for the dry fly!

50Head To Head When the going gets tough… we make it a dry-fly-only challenge! The Hammerlands

Centre in Dumfriesshire is the venue as two new challengers battle for trout!

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58The Dry Fly – Turned On Its Head! The dry-fly revolution is here. If you tie your own flies, you HAVE to read this!

65Tyer’s Tackle Shop TFF takes a trip to the tackle shop to reveal four great new products to improve your flies.

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67Featured Tyer The godfather of modern lough flies speaks! Learn how to tie his latest mayfly pattern, as we get inside the mind of Rod Tye.

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08 Today’s flyfisher May 2007