Waddington Shanks Newsletter August 2013 –
August: My favourite month for fishing - Salmon is starting to settle in the pools - Afternoon is turning into the evening - Winters waiting in the hills.
Nyhedsbrev august 2013 Waddington shanks
August: Min favorit måned for fiskeri - Laksen er begyndt at finde pladser i pools- Eftermiddag bliver til aften - Vinteren venter i bjergene
Tube fly history
Left: The Thread Line Salmon Flies: An excellent colour plate from the book; The Angler And The Thread Line by Alexander Wanless. Book published 1932.
Major J.R Fraser’s Dry Fly patterns 1910
The notion that dry fly fishing for salmon originated solely as a North American pursuit is a common belief perpetuated in the literature on salmon fishing. However, recent findings suggest this narrative may not encompass the entire truth. The first…
The first salmon dry fly was British
Normal fishing historians will tell you that the first description of the first salmon dry fly and this unique form of fishing came from North America and Mr George M. La Branche, who wrote about his fishing in a book:…