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.

04 TOTAL FLYFISHER