Home page About us Instruction Guiding Locations map Gift vouchers Prices Articles Contact us Accommodation Links	"Advice and articles" We hope you find these web pages a handy resource. They review the main points covered in your session with Fly Fishing Devon. As well as teaching and guiding, we do a lot of fishing, and reflection about fishing. Several of these articles introduce the techniques and approaches we find useful for catching wild brown trout on west country rivers.  Advice on buying fly fishing tackle Casting advice: Key casting concepts; casting faults - diagnosis and treatment Roll casting: Application of Spey & Skagit casting principles to trout fishing on small and medium sized rivers The S Mend: a technique for presenting a fly to salmon or sea trout lying under overhanging bankside vegetation Stealth Part 1: The importance of (in)visibility to the trout fisher Review of Simon Gawesworth’s book “Single-Handed Spey Casting” How does a trout catch a fly?: Marinaro's 'Edge of the Window Theory' Recent advance in our understanding of why trout take an artificial fly Trout size: Let's keep a sense of proportion More on trout size: What can the 2014 Commonwealth Fly Fishing Competition tell us about Dartmoor trout? What do the scientists tell us about the size of fish in a typical Dartmoor river? An appreciation of "Fly Fishing Outside the Box: Emerging Heresies" by Peter Hayes Lessons from America. An appreciation of books by John Gierach "Fly Fishing Small Streams" and Ed Engle "Fishing Small Flies" "Why is that fly in your flybox?" Clients often seem curious about the content of our fly boxes. This series of articles may give some insight into the thinking behind the flies we find useful on local rivers. Ethology and the design of effective trout flies Evolution of the wet fly: From drowned insect to 'emerger' "Small but perfectly formed": Some lesser-known westcountry river flies Invertebrate Drift studied on Dartmoor: The "Hidden Harvest" "Appreciation of local rivers" The Upper Yealm Fishery: An appreciation of fishing in 'Lilliput' Natural and Artificial Trout Flies of the River Yealm Otters on the Devonshire River Avon "Local angling history" The Devonshire River Avon 1880-1980 as described by Mr. J.B.S. Notley in 1979 Fly Casting Instruction on the River Avon by Mr. J.B.S. Notley Grimble The Salmon Rivers of England and Wales: Chapter 8 The Avon and Erme Fishing associations on the Devonshire River Avon: How old is the Avon Fishing Association? The Devonshire River Avon as described by A.G. Bradley in 1914 "Dear Mr. Skues, What flies would you recommend for the Devonshire Avon?" Endpiece: "Why don't lions eat trees?"
Acknowledgements I would like to thank the following people for their help : Sir William "Bill" Peek , Bart., for encouraging me to explore the history of the Avon Fishing Association Jim Coombes for giving me Jack Notley's unpublished manuscript and fly casting leaflet Gordon Bielby for providing copies of relevant sections of the 1860 Royal Commission on Salmon Fisheries Paul and Barbara Heatley -past owners of the Dartmoor Bookshop in Ashburton; a veritable treasure trove Sue and Geoff Stephens for their friendship and sense of fun that keep my feet on the ground Aidin Kenyon for supporting a 'trout bum' and more importantly her knowledge of grammar and punctuation! Our clients who ask questions and make us think about what we are doing, and why. Author Paul Kenyon