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September 2009 - Contents

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Welcome to the September edition of Fin & Fly.

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

  • Henry Gilbey reports on Permit fishing in Florida and Steelhead fishing in Canada.
  • John Bailey looks back on amazing trips to Mongolia and Canada.
  • And, Nick Hart provides an insight into some very useful tactics and tips.

We hope you enjoy this edition.

Fin & Fly Team

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Florida – Permit Fishing (Henry Gilbey)

Throughout saltwater fly fishing circles, the permit is seen as arguably the ultimate flats fish to target. Incredibly wary, horribly hard fighting, and one of the great fishing prizes. I know some fly fishermen who dedicate virtually their whole angling...

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Mongolia (John Bailey)

August 2006. Heathrow to Berlin. Berlin to Ulan Bataar. Internal flight now from Ulan Bataar to Moron several hundred miles to the northwest. Transfer to jeep. Two hundred miles over appalling terrain, tracks at the best. Jeeps, typically Mongolian. Break...

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Fishing the Buzzer (Nick Hart)

If there is any one fly pattern that a still water Trout angler should never be without it is the Buzzer. This is the common angling term used to describe a series of flies that imitate the all important Midge...

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Steelhead – Bell II (Henry Gilbey)

One of the all time classic locations, species and methods. Chasing the legendary steelhead is most often carried out in the wilds of British Columbia on the west coast of Canada, usually during the fall (autumn) months when the first...

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Magic on the Miramichi (John Bailey)

This is exactly how it happened. We had breakfast in the very early morning at the Country Haven Lodge on the banks of the great river. Pete then collected us in his pick-up and drove Tim Ellis and myself a...

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Dry Fly Fishing from a Boat

Drifting steadily across a reservoir flicking a team of dries to an unsuspecting Trout is about as good as stillwater fly fishing gets especially when using a Hardy Swift MK11 rod! But many anglers struggle with this technique opting for...

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