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Search and Sight Fishing

In this video we start by search fishing for trout and grayling on a stretch of the Upper Avon which Frank Sawyer keepered. We then go to the crystal clear waters of the Lambourn sight fishing for trout and grayling using his famous Pheasant Tail Nymph.

The Deep Diving Shrimp and Chalk Stream Entomology

To be consistently successful in fly fishing, some understanding of entomology is an Essential Skill. When kick sampling on chalk streams (spring creeks) you always find huge numbers of freshwater shrimps, which is why Oliver"s shrimp pattern is a first class fish deceiver. However, for getting down into those deep swirling hatch pools, something a good bit heavier is required - The Oliver Edwards Deep Diving Shrimp