CONTENTS

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SEPTEMBER 2011

Contents

6 Daddy Cool

COVER STORY

Welsh fly fishing legend Gwilym Hughes shows you how to get the most from that late-summer favourite, the Daddy-Longlegs.

12 Cause A Commotion! Stocks Reservoir expert Ian Gaskill reveals the flies and methods to grab the trout’s attention. Never blank on a hot day again!

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

22 ‘Plop’ Goes The Weasel TFF joins one of the country’s leading small-stream exponents, Dave Egginton, as he tackles a ‘ditch’ in search of wild brown trout.

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

30 Mr 100 Per Cent

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Match fishing legend Dave Shipman takes us to his favourite venue, Rutland Water, to show off some of the skills that make him the angler he is.

36 Dave Shipman Interview Having seen how he fishes, TFF probes the man who brought us one of the UK’s most widely used dry flies – the Shipman’s Buzzer – on all things fly fishing. 40 Q&A Get in touch with our panel of experts if you need a question answered and they’ll do all that they can to help.

44 The Cormorant Craze Competition angler Scott Graham looks at the deadly Cormorant fly, how it came about, when and how to fish it and why it’s in every angler’s armoury.

50 Traditional Values

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David Hoppe reveals why – thanks to the introduction of new materials – traditional wet flies are very much ‘en vogue’… and catching plenty of fish.

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

64 What’s On The Menu? Welsh international George Barron opens his fly box yet again. This time we get to see which are his ‘essential’ patterns for the month of September.

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