[Mike Barrio]

The River Don Tactics page on the website has been updated ...... Thanks Sandy
http://fishingthefly.co.uk/river-don-trout-tactics.html

Still a lot of updating to do over the winter ...... but I'll get there
Cheers
Mike

[Mark Zhang]

I haven't read through it, but lovely photos. This will keep our fly fishing alive  . Thanks for the efforts.

[Rob Brownfield]

One wee thing I picked up on and that might get some folk into trouble was the bit about Articulated Streamers and Kelly Galloups patterns. They tend to be tandems with very large gaped hooks. These would be illegal on all ADAA beats (max gape 1cm) and with the Council beats as you cannot fish for Brown Trout with line of a greater breaking strain than 6lbs. With the big tandems 8 and 10lb line is common.

Might be worth adding in a bit about checking with beat rules is imperative as each beat differs??

[Liam Stephen]

Rob 

Good point. Personally I think a lot of the rules are a little hazy....... You can't use a hook with a bigger gape than 1cm because it's rule. Yet you can still use more than one treble on a rapala  as it's just a recommendation...... I still see guys using lures with 3 trebles, I won't name names but some are in the committee!

 

[Liam Stephen]

P.S the gape on my streamer hooks are measured after the fly has been dressed! 

 
Liam

[Rob Brownfield]

P.S the gape on my streamer hooks are measured after the fly has been dressed! 

 
Liam

Lol..and that's another issue as it is not clear in the rules. With my UV Polar Fritz flies, if I were to do that, I would have a negative gape