A favourite fly of mine, both to fish and to dress. A few years back I made up an article on the March Brown on my web site. It got out of hand and I never finished it, the eyes let me down. There is still some usefull info. http://donaldnicolson.webplus.net/page211.html I hope this of some interes...

Hi Woodbutcher, A good few years a ago, post Tenkara fishing, there were only 13ft+ match rods available for modification into very long fly rods. They are still available from tackle dealers who specialise in 'coarse' tackle. In England there are more coarse fishers than fly fishers. The match rod...

The Gravel Bed is not exactly a Crane Fly. It is of the same family. In Scotland it is known as the "Clyde Sand Fly". http://donaldnicolson.webplus.net/_wp_generated/wp5c280b57_06.png Sand Fly Hook: 14 - 16. Body: Gray or black tying silk, ribbed with blue silk. (I used blue fluo). Wings:...

Very nicely dressed Carl.I am very fond of the March Brown in its many variations, some of them very regional.Courtney Williams "Dictionary of Trout Flies," 1950, has a large section devoted to the March Brown. I used it for a lot of the info on my site. a very, very useful book. The Marc...