Having spent the last couple of years travelling around the UK, visiting the Wild Trout Trust’s Trout in the Town chapters and investigating the state of our urban rivers at the start of the 21st century, I’ve come to the startling but joyful conclusion that there’s probably now more water in and around our towns and cities with pollution-sensitive wild trout and grayling living in it than without…
Alongside an interview with April Vokey and fly-casting tips from Jim Williams, the latest issue of Westcountry guide Pete Tyjas’ not-for-profit Eat, Sleep, Fish ezine features my (mostly hard-learned) 10 top tips to get aspiring urban fly-fishers started on this exciting new frontier of our sport.
Great read :p
Many thanks for sharing this. I’ve had this bookmarked for a while but never got around to reading it until now.
Thanks @webdesignbirmingham! Do you fish Birmingham’s urban rivers (Ray, Cole, Blythe, Tame?)
Great one. Actually I was searching for this kind of fishing tips. Much obliged for sharing this. I’ve had this bookmarked for some time yet never got around to understanding it up to this point.