CONTENTS

6 Success On Short Sessions Hardy & Greys academy member Andy Smith reveals the best ways to get the most from a ‘snatched’ few hours on the bank.

22 Dibbling With Dabblers Wild-water expert Rob Denson sings the praises of the fly that appears to be irresistible to any trout – the welldressed Dabbler.

12 Go With The Flow River anglers John Pearson and John Tyzack tackle up for the back-end hatch of large dark olives. Nymphs and dry flies bring great sport for the boys.

28 PostBag These are the pages where everyone can have their say, whether it be good, bad or indifferent. Get a letter printed and you’ll win a great prize!

18 News TFF takes a look at all the news and reports that are relevant to UK flyfishers.

30 Top-Water Tactics Craig Barr has taken a real shine to the ubiquitous Snatchers, a family of flies that can easily fool tricky, surfacefeeding trout from stillwaters.

36 Eye For The Fry

COVER STORY

Local knowledge, in the form of an eight-times Welsh international, pays dividends as John Stephens winkles out some fry feeders from Llys-y-Fran Reservoir.

40 Lexus Individual We report on the European Fly Fishing Final.

42 Q&A Our panel of experts will do all that they can to answer your questions.

NEW SERIES 44 Stopwatch

COVER STORY

Could you beat the clock by tying three flies on the bank before using them to land a target of five trout? Scottish youth international Ross Callaghan steps forward…

50 Counting On Corixa

COVER STORY

“Corixa patterns can score heavily on stillwaters at this time of the year, you just need to know how to present them properly,” says Ben Bangham.

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

NEW SERIES 64 Flies With Pulling Power

COVER STORY

Ian Christie, one of the UK’s most progressive fly tyers, introduces us to some of his new and improved trout lures.

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68 Essential Kit Landing nets are a key part of our fishing kit, but there are just so many makes and models out there. What makes one better than another?

70 Brownies In Robin Hood Country Dr Clark Colman goes in search of wild trout in Robin Hood country, a stone’s throw from Nottingham city centre.

76 ClickandFish Challenge 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.

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

85 £1,000 Scierra FlyLite Rod Competition

WIN!

We’ve managed to get our hands on six stunning new 10ft 7-wt Scierra FlyLite rods to give away in this great competition.

87 Total FlyFisher Tackle Awards 2011 Your chance to vote for this year’s best gear, AND win a day’s fishing with a fly fishing celebrity.

89 Diary Of A Novice Our novice angler, Jonathan Dooley, heads off to Blackwool Farm Trout Fishery where ‘all he needs to do’ is use an orange fly and he’ll catch?

90 The Magic Midge Tip

COVER STORY

Scott Graham highlights the effectiveness of one of the stillwater angler’s favourite fly lines, the ever-so-versatile midge tip.

98 Parton’s Parting Shot It seems that the fly-tying industry has gone pear-shaped, and it’s all to do with women’s fashion, says Steve Parton.

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NOVEMBER 2011

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