Fly Fusion  |  Spring 2015
BLUE-WINGED OLIVE WEATHER – JIM MCLENNAN
They’re perhaps the most widespread, long-lasting and dependable bugs on trout streams from one end of North America to the other. Blue-winged olive mayflies - the name comes from the British, and roughly describes their appearance - are found on nearly all trout streams, east and west.
INDIA’S GOLDEN MAHSEER – ADAM TAVENDER
Other than the keenest of fishermen, most know little about India's Mahseer. A member of the carp family, but inhabiting fast flowing Himalayan rivers, the fish is both exotic and enigmatic. Anglers seeking an exotic fishing trip, where local culture is part of the attraction, will find it on a Mahseer expedition to northern India.
FIVE STILLWATER PATTERNS FOR SPRING – BRIAN CHAN
Favourite waters could be ice-covered for up to six months of the year. However, the off season should not be an idle time as there is tackle to be cleaned and prepared, information to be gathered for trips to new waters, and proven and new fly patterns to tie. To make the best of our spring-time on the water, it pays to have our arsenal of patterns ready, for the fishing begins the day the ice leaves a lake.
WHEN MOTHER NATURE DOESN’T COOPERATE – ANDREW WILLIAMS
You’ve been saving up for months and looking forward to a week or two of fishing in the steelhead country of northwestern British Columbia, but when you arrive, you discover that Mother Nature has played another of her tricks on you. What now?
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Articles in this issue
Below is a selection of articles in Fly Fusion Spring 2015.