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Reflections from Russell Owen on the Airflo Open Final at Rutland Water

Apologies for the delay in sharing my thoughts on our recent experience at the Airflo Open Final at Rutland Water. With the dust finally settled, I wanted to reflect on the competition and the strategies we employed. As usual, we prioritized extra practice, crucial since we don’t fish Rutland frequently. We closely monitored reports leading up to the finals, particularly noting insights from the English National held the week before. This year, those reports indicated challenging conditions, with fish hard to...

25 October 2024

By Russell OwenFishing NewsAirflo, Russ Owen, Rutland Water, The Fly Shop

Airflo Open Championship 2023 Rutland Water

It was with great excitement that The Welsh Hawks set off for the grand final of the Airflo Open championship at RUTLAND water. Now this event holds a certain amount of magic with plenty of history! It first began way back in the mid-80s, back then it was sponsored by Benson and Hedges but obviously with the ban on advertising quite a few other sponsors have come and gone over the years. It's now been taken on by Airflo who...

9 October 2023

By Russell OwenFishing NewsAirflo, Russ Owen, Rutland Water, The Fly Shop, welsh hawks

Brown Trout Hunting at Pitsford Reservoir

I have been waiting patiently for the weather to cool a little over here in England before targeting the reservoir Browns. Although it wasn’t a blisteringly hot August, it was still hot enough to make our big reservoirs a little tricky. When hunting big browns, you need the odds to be in your favour. Ideally, we need cool but also clear water. With the recent heat, Pitsford Reservoir had turned a little green with algae making targeting browns over the weed...

15 September 2021

By Wayne JonesFishing NewsAirflo

The Fly Shop Invitational Competition – Islanders Collect Bronze

Our annual trip across the pond to Wales could not come quick enough as many of our competitions had been cancelled or postponed. We were waiting in eager anticipation to get all the gear packed up and the road trip started! After the excellent fishing on Clywedog last year we were all excited to get back out on the water. When we reached our accommodation at Hafren Forest Bunkhouse we were greeted by Sarah and Darren who were excellent hosts for...

16 July 2021

By Laura JonesFishing NewsAirflo, Arden Pollock, Llyn Clywedog, LOOP, The Fly Shop, welsh hawks

Airflo Invitational Rutland Water Report by Russ Owen

So the dust is starting to settle on another big final down on the big pond! After each match I fish on Rutland I appreciate the enormity of the place, traveling back to the dock at the end of day 2 you could see boats coming back from the top of the mighty south arm boats rounding the corner of the peninsula from the north arm and boats converging from the 2 corners of the dam. Our event started early Tuesday morning...

29 June 2021

By Wayne JonesFishing NewsAirflo, Rutland Water, The Fly Shop, welsh hawks

The Fly Shop Welsh Hawks Take Silver at the Airflo International on Rutland – by David Hoppe

It is fair to say the team was just a little bit excited about the prospects of 3 days practice and 2 days competing at the Airflo Spring Invitational International Competition which was held at the mighty Rutland Water. The last time the Welsh Hawks competed as a Team on Rutland at was back in October 2019! The first day of practice was hard. It was 28 degrees and bright sun. We split the team into three areas; North Arm, Bowl...

29 June 2021

By Wayne JonesFishing NewsAirflo, LOOP, Russ Owen, Rutland Water, The Fly Shop, welsh hawks

Wayne Jones shows his fly fishing box with lines in

Top 10 must have fly lines for competitive loch style fly fishing

Since launching the fly shop and guiding one question I get asked a lot is why so many lines and what would you class as essential. The first is a floating line this is a must have. I use the Loop Opti still water in a WF7. This line is mainly used for dry fly or bung fishing. It loads the rod very fast and is great for covering moving fish fast. It also turns the bung and flies over very...

12 January 2021

By Wayne JonesFishing NewsAirflo, Llyn Brenig, Llyn Clywedog, LOOP, Rutland Water, The Fly Shop, welsh hawks

Arden Pollock with a cracking rainbow trout caught from a small water

Arden Pollock Top 10 winter Stillwater flies

Love it or hate it, bung fishing can be a very productive method on the small Stillwater’s, particularly in the colder months of winter. A small weighted fly fished 4-6ft below the indicator can be devastating when no other methods are working. Once you work out the depth the fish are feeding at you can present your fly completing static in the zone. These are my favourite flies for beneath the bung.

12 January 2021

By Wayne JonesFishing NewsAirflo, Arden Pollock, LOOP, Small still water, The Fly Shop, welsh hawks

The Fly Shops Jim Crawford Takes A Mid Week Evening Boat Afloat

At this time of year when family things take over weekends , so when you manage to get finished work early , a phone call to arrange a few hours on a local syndicate water to try out new flies was just what was needed .

21 August 2019

By Wayne JonesFishing NewsAirflo, The Fly Shop0 Comments

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Reflections from Russell Owen on the Airflo Open Final at Rutland Water

Airflo Open Championship 2023 Rutland Water

Brown Trout Hunting at Pitsford Reservoir

The Fly Shop Invitational Competition – Islanders Collect Bronze

Airflo Invitational Rutland Water Report by Russ Owen

The Fly Shop Welsh Hawks Take Silver at the Airflo International on Rutland – by David Hoppe

Top 10 must have fly lines for competitive loch style fly fishing

Arden Pollock Top 10 winter Stillwater flies

The Fly Shops Jim Crawford Takes A Mid Week Evening Boat Afloat