2024
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Angling Challenges for 2024
I’ve set myself a few goals for this year’s fishing season, some more difficult than others, but all quite challenging.
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Tench Temptation
The Tench Temptation fly is part of the maggot / caddis collection and is intended to tempt Tench.
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Plzeň’s Five Rivers
Plzeň’s five rivers: Berounka, Mže, Radbuza, Úhlava and Úslava
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Barbel
The Barbel is often among a river angler’s favourite quarys as it is probably the hardest fighting species in our rivers.
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The Buggy Rabbit
The Buggy Rabbit is so-named as it’s tied with Rabbit fur and is a very Buggy fly.
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Small River Tench
Tracking down the West Bohemian small-river Tench: a year-round search for Tinca tinca in the Czech Republic (Czechia).
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Silkweed Wet Fly
If the fish you are targetting are feeding on silkweed, this may be the pattern for you.
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Flies for Spring Coarse Fish
When the Chub season is closed in the spring, why not scale down and target Roach and Dace?
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Fly Fishing for Chub
For me, fly-fishing is the most rewarding way to catch Chub on small rivers and streams, here’s how I do it.
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Blonde Rabbit
The Blonde Rabbit wet fly / nymph is bushy, buggy Chub fly.
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The Hedgehog
The Hedgehog dry fly is tied to imitate a small piece of bread.
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Partridge Soft Hackles
These flies are tied with no added weight, relying on the current to keep them just below the surface when fished accross the flow and allowed to drift down stream.