Fly caught trout from the Worth

My first fly-caught trout since the early 2000s taken within an easy walk of Tim Taylors in Keighley on a balloon caddis. There was a dipper singing 50 yards upstream as I fished

Urban trout

I have a long standing (nine years and counting) ambition to catch a grayling from our local River Wharfe. For large chunks of my life fishing was as big a part of life as fell running is now and music has always been been. This morning I spotted reference to Urban Trout on the great 'Caught by the river' blog and I very quickly added a link to my blog. I was telling a running pal about flyfishing the other day (now is absolutely the best time of the year for grayling) and memories of Treacle Parkins, Grey Dusters, dry Adams and F-flies came flooding back. One day...

Salmon fishing in the New York

We met a guy grayling fishing on the Wharfe this afternoon. I've set myself a project to catch a grayling this summer / autumn. My mind is full of Klinkhamer Specials, Treacle Parkins, Sawyer's Killer Bugs and Little White-headed Nymphs (classic and modern grayling flies for the uninitiated)