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[Mark Bowler @FFFTmag]

June issue is out! Click here to subscribe: https://t.co/AfYwZEOtUR
#flyfishing #flytying #flytyingjunkie #flytyingnation #dryfly #troutfishing #wildtrout #browntrout #browntroutfishing #rainbowtroutfishing #reservoirfishing #loughmelvin #gillaroo #ferox #sonaghan#flycasting

[Mark Bowler @FFFTmag]

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[Mark Bowler @FFFTmag]

Lesson from the river in early season: Nymphing into a gale; using tippet-rings; the most effective cold-water colour. New blog: https://t.co/DbKKxXdUvz

[Mark Bowler @FFFTmag]

Three Sheelin trollers fined over €5,000 in IFI clampdown: https://t.co/2Vk6NRe0pT

#loughsheelin #IFI #trolling #illegalfishing #fines #court #fixedchargepenaltynotices

[Mark Bowler @FFFTmag]

Carsington and Llyn Brenig to open this Saturday with new pricing structures and incentives: https://t.co/2pW4HJTrip

[Windrush WASP @WindrushWasp]

Pre the Victorians, sewage used to run down the streets!
This country lane in the Cotswolds has been blighted by sewage leaks like this for years.
IT IS CHEAPER TO POLLUTE THAN TO DO THE JOB LEGALLY.

[Mark Bowler @FFFTmag]

Change in habits of 94% of Lough Sheelin's anglers recognised : https://t.co/k3BRzmmUUc

[Mark Bowler @FFFTmag]

Ifor Jones, the pillar of English trout fishery management, has died: https://t.co/fGDISt1olG

#iforjones #draycote #thornton #eyebrook #fisherymanagement

[Mark Bowler @FFFTmag]

Pollution and lack of Environment Agency presence investigated on BBC's Panorama tonight: https://t.co/7T5ZHPosGD

[Mark Bowler @FFFTmag]

A fine of £3.34 million has been imposed on Thames Water, deemed at fault at Lewes Crown Court after a “reckless” incident in 2017, which saw the death of more than 1,700 fish.
Read the full story: https://t.co/eRX3MQVwgQ
#thameswater #fishpollution #wildfish

[Mark Bowler @FFFTmag]

Irish heatwave causes State-owned Moy and Galway city salmon fisheries to close: https://t.co/GH9mPcB1bB

#moy #galway #heatwave #salmonfishing #Ireland

[Mark Bowler @FFFTmag]

Tie the Copycat Mayfly Dun, stage by stage. In the June issue.

#flytying #Mayfly #mayflytying #copydex #ffft #wallywing #extendedbody #stagebystage #mayflydun

[Mark Bowler @FFFTmag]

CdC: should you treat it or not? The secrets to creating the best, long-floating CdC dry flies are uncovered in the June issue.

#culdecanard #dryfly #cdc #FFFT #floatingflies #flytying

[Mark Bowler @FFFTmag]

Welsh trout river that "rivals those of south and mid-Wales, such as Usk, Severn and upper Wye". All about its revival in June issue.

#troutfishing #wildtroutfishing #ceredigion #camarthenshire #queenofwelshrivers #lampeter #newcastleemlyn #llandysulanglingassociation #ffft

[Mark Bowler @FFFTmag]

When it comes to Mayfly-feeders that have seen it all, Neil Patterson turns to 'the game-changing element of surprise'. Read about the Toothbrush Mayfly in the June issue.

#mayfly #dryfly #chalkstreamtrout #wildtrout #wildbrowntrout #surprisefly #ffft #flyfishing #flytying #ffft

[Mark Bowler @FFFTmag]

Opening day salmon from Norway's Gaula river. A July week on the Gaula at Winsnes Lodge during prime time in July has come up due to a cancellation, at a saving of £1,320pp!
Details: [email protected]
Tel: [phone].
#salmononthefly #norwaysalmon #gaulariver

[Mark Bowler @FFFTmag]

Jail for farmer who altered Lugg course; Malham Tarn opens; Oliver Edwards 1938-2023; £67,000 of priests at auction; Hidden fishes film launches. Latest news in the June issue.
#ffft #flyfishingnews #riverlugg #malhamtarn #oliveredwards #rivercrumlin #rutlandwater #wildswimming

[Mark Bowler @FFFTmag]

Could you take on FF&FT's Lough Melvin 3-trout MacNab challenge? Read all about it in the June issue.

#flyfishing #loughmelvin #flyfishingireland #loughfishing #johnmacnab #johnbuchan #ffft #flyfishingchallenge

[Mark Bowler @FFFTmag]

All about the Difik Buzzer, invented by a marmalade magnate, whose first love was angling and entomology . How to tie it, how to fish it, in the June issue.

#flyfishing #buzzers #buzzerfishing #midges #difik #millofcriggie #robertsonsjam #entomology #flytying #movement #ffft

[Mark Bowler @FFFTmag]

Copycat Mayfly. Perfected on Corrib. How to tie it in the June issue.

#mayfly #ireland #flyfishing #mayflyfishing #mayflydun #flytying #ffft #stagebystage #itsmayflytime #corrib #mask

[Mark Bowler @FFFTmag]

Go Bananas for spring salmon in the June issue. Tips on materials, tube-mounts and tying Banana flies (inc. an Unripe Banana for Norway)

#salmonflytying #flytying #ffft #bananaflies #denmark #norway #unripebanana #salmonflyfishing #salmonspringers #stagebystage #salmononabanana