November 2009 - Contents

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Welcome to the November edition of Fin & Fly.

This month we feature six new articles that focus on both destination and tactical fishing.

  • Henry Gilbey reports on a trip of a lifetime to Montana, and describes his experience of fishing for Golden Dorado's with lures.
  • John Bailey looks back on an amazing trip to India and a two day session on the Wye.
  • And, Nick Hart provides an insight into some very useful tactics and tips when using small flies, and reports on his bonefish experiences.

We hope you enjoy this edition.

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Golden Dorado on Lures (Henry Gilbey)

Plenty of big golden dorado at taken at La Zona using lures, and nothing beats taking fish off the surface. Seeing big predators smashing into poppers will always be top of my list, but it is vital to tackle up...

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Mahseer on Fly - An Impossible Dream (John Bailey)

Fresh from the jungles of India, JB has a tale to tell.Dawn after steaming dawn the same thing happens. As the Indian jungle begins to wake, enormous fish disturb the surface of the River Cauvery in the shallows a hundred...

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Gaining Depth with Small Flies (Nick Hart)

Turn over a rock on the average freestone river and you will find that a great deal of the fish food available is on the small side. This being the case we need to imitate as closely as possible the...

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Bighorn River - Montana (Henry Gilbey)

Anybody with any interest in trout fishing has either fly fished in the American West, or has serious dreams to. We waffle on in the UK about "real fly fishing" on such famous rivers as the Test, Kennet and Itchen,...

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A Wye Wonderland (John Bailey)

We all know a ticket to a bonefish island or to the Kola or to Argentina is a grand thing to have but, in the end, you just can't beat the UK. I've just returned from two day son the...

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The Forgotten Bonefish (Nick Hart)

In early 2005 I was lucky enough to find myself fishing in the Florida Keys alongside Henry Gilbey and that encyclopaedia of all things angling related, a.k.a. James Warbrick-Smith. We had just spent a few days enjoying the delights of...

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