What a great day on the river Test at Broadlands with fishing buddiesJulian Erbsloeh and Shawn. There wasn’t the Mayfly hatch we had hoped for but still managed to take one nice brown on a dry last knockings. Still, plenty of action throughout the day deep nymphing for big browns and grayling. Thanks again for the invite mates.

The most rewarding part of my work is to see people really progressing and getting the most out of this fabulous pastime. This link says it all really. Many thanks Adam.  http://www.sportingfish.co.uk/fishyrobs-diary.html?details=1321

Just a quick email to say thanks for the lesson , I’ve been out twice now on the fly and have had 7 small bass and a lovely thin lip mullet yesterday !

     Zek Klietz with his fly caught mullet from the Ouse

I am very excited to have just joined a local fishing organisation which has some of the finest brown and rainbow trout fishing waters in Sussex. What is also great news I’ll be able to take guests. I’ll be adding this opportunity to my web page soon so anyone interested in a guided outing with a chance of a quality fighting fish should contact me either by phone or email. Tight Lines Howie    07754567242 or howie@flyfishingsussex.com

Below pics of quality trout taken and returned this week.

First outing of the season awarded me with four nice hard fighting rainbows from Chalk Springs fishery. There’s one in the smoker as I speak to enjoy with dinner later together with a glass of white wine. I had to work hard for this last fish which finely took an Appetizer fly. Not tied one of those on for years. Just happen to have a couple in my fly box. It worked so well in the past when all else failed. To sum run up: Chalk Springs is still a very nicely kept fishery, well stocked and can be quite challenging.

A nice Travally 2.5lb plus and they don’t half go.

Well I am back in India again. Now that the the Christmas and new year partying with friends as finally to settled down I have finally got down to some serious sea fishing at last. On my first outing I hooked into a good sized Red Snapper. Alas the fish did the usual and dived deep under rocks and finally spat the hook. Next day I got lucky and hooked into another fish. This time it fought differently and headed out into open water so I suspected this was another species. I was able to play and land the fish which turned out to be a Barramundi maybe just over 2lb. The fish was laying too far out to reach with the fly rod so I quickly set up my spinning gear which as you can see did the trick. Also added a picture of the fabulous location.

Here is a great bit of kit for fly tiers. A baked bean tin, soaked in warm water to get the label off. It then doubles up as a fly holder/hanger/drier and a little dust bin for the waste materials. Here shown with a selection of large bass flies for a client. It will also accommodate smaller flies down to size 16.

Tight lines Howie

Today I had a great time with lovely bunch of guys. Jonathon Green, brother and father came along for a 3 hour beginners fly fishing session. They where about to go off to Scotland for a golf and fly fishing trip. Although they are accomplished golfers they had never picked up a fly rod before. They are going to fish the river Tay and so we spent some time on the river Adur. Although it does not have salmon or brown trout as in Scotland it is an ideal river to learn and practice ones casting and river craft skills.

Well done guys and tight lines. Howie