Report: grayling below the lake after the first frost
Cold water, small nymphs and the long glide below the outlet: twelve grayling in all and a very cold hand.
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One trip a week to the lakes and rivers near home, and the flies that worked.
What goes in my fly box for the winter
Six flies for the months when the streams are closed and I tie at the bench instead.
Tying the black midge pupa: one fly, ten minutes
Three materials and a steady hand: how I tie the fly that caught most of my fish on the mountain lakes.
Report: the mountain lake above the hut, a late midge hatch
A cold, bright afternoon and a hatch that came on at two. Seven trout, mostly on a small pupa.
Report: a wet day on the river with a Klinkhåmer
Rain all morning, a rising river and one fly that floated through all of it.
October: the last fortnight on the mountain lakes
What I fish in the final two weeks before the ice, and why I leave the smallest flies at home.
Report: sedge at dusk on the fjord path
An hour of rising fish after the sun went behind the ridge, and the fly that I could still see.
Tying a Pheasant Tail Nymph with a copper rib
The fly I tie most. Pheasant tail, copper wire and a bead, step by step.
Report: two nights at the red hut, and a Woolly Bugger day
A coloured river after rain, a heavy fly and a long walk between the good pools.
September: when the evenings turn to sedge
How the hatches change as the nights draw in, and what I put on at each light.
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The Weekly Rise
One trip a week to the lakes and rivers of western Norway, and the fly that did the work.