Fly Fishing & Fly Tying Magazine

06/02/2025

How a demonstrator selects his materials for tying at the BFFI.

How a demonstrator selects his materials for tying at the BFFI. Demonstrator's dilemma: what materials will I need? It's always the same the week before a show, total chaos. You plan out what you want to tie or have been asked to show, have a practice and start to

06/02/2025

Meet the FF&FT staff and contributors at the BFFI this weekend.

See you at the British Fly fair International, Staffordshire this weekend! Meet river & loch fly-tyer and contributor, Allan Liddle; specialist micro fly-fisher, Dave Southall; Editor, Mark Bowler; Advertising manager, Ian James; and Publisher, Steve O'Hara on the FF&FT stand.

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04/02/2025

Here's a look at the cover of our latest issue, out from tomorrow!

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11/12/2024

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04/12/2024

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13/10/2024

"Your first port of call". Paul Procter describes how to approach and fish the head of a pool and pocket-water in the November issue.

11/10/2024

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08/10/2024

Reading the water to beat drag. Dry fly advice in a new series from Paul Procter in the October issue.

07/10/2024

Make them see red. Fishing the Red Frances; how it was devised in UK, was popularised in Iceland, then Scandinavia and, finally, in UK, in sizes from large to micro, in the October issue.

06/10/2024

Allan Liddle prepares for the winter season of fly-tying in his new blog: https://flyfishing-and-flytying.co.uk/blog/a-bit-of-tlc-makes-all-the-difference-to-your-fly-vice/

05/10/2024

Island life. How (and why) fisheries can create a floating island to encourage red-throated divers to nest on hill lochs, in the October issue.

04/10/2024

Loch Ness monster omission. Read how plans to raise the iconic loch's water-level by one metre were left out of a hydro-developer's plans, in the October issue.

03/10/2024

This midge-repellent cap, infested with dead midges features in 'Midges stopped play' in FF&FT's October Letters pages. Based on a day when Scotland's massive midge hatches peaked this summer, see if you can read it to the end without scratching!

02/10/2024

Magnus Angus takes a look at Semperfli's new line in Classic threads in the forthcoming November issue (out on Friday, October 11).

01/10/2024

A Siblyback special. Learn more about this club pattern _ how to tie it, and when to use it in the October issue.

29/09/2024

Brush up your dubbing brush technique with this Dubbing Brush Minnow in the October issue.

26/09/2024

Meet FF&FT's Allan Liddle this weekend at the Glasgow Angling Centre Open Weekend... And grab yourself a £20 GAC voucher to spend in the store when you buy a subscription!

26/09/2024

Sage Sonic 9ft #5 tested by FF&FT's independent reviewer in the October issue.