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Some people say that you should never go back...

When a text came through form Dave Percival.......

I've been fishing for many many years now and fly fishing on rivers and small streams for most of that time, so you'd perhaps think that I've seen most of what was possible or at least likely in such an environment. Well last week I had my eyes opened once more...

I’m no expert at the saltwater fly
fishing game, but I'll give anything a go. Many moons ago in the days of having
a proper job and a few quid in my pocket I bought a Sage RPLXi #8 with the
intention of having a bash at the old SWFF game and it has remained in its tube
in the cellar ever since. Not any more! This year I dusted it off and along
with a reel and a small box of flies, I made my first tentative casts into the
open ocean.

To say the River Don used to be one of the most polluted rivers in the country it is truly amazing these days. The Don is an Urban river that runs through villages, towns, cities, industry, sewerage depots etc etc…….. you name it and to quote a great film the "river runs through it". Jumping in the river nowadays is a pleasure.

t was a perfect day for fishing and me, JT and JP were invited by our old mate Chris Pryor to a day on the beautiful Derbyshire Wye. We decided to start the day off in good style with a full English at the "Cock and Pullet "

I decided I was due a couple of days on the river. As the weather has been very much up and down I decided not to go too far and limit the chances of a long drive back after finding out the river was colored

I went on my local river Don today and had a fantastic day. It was one of those days where everything came together

What a great day the Fish on boys had at the BFFI 2012