Rutland Water

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

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

Jim Crawford with a cracking small still water rainbow trout

Jim Crawford Picks His Top Patterns From 2020 Season

One of the huge benefits of being involved with The Fly Shop is not just being able to help give fellow fly fishermen new ammo to target fish, I also get to fish with the patterns of the other guys in the design team. Russ and Gazza, Arden, Alec and Wayne all have contributed some totally awesome flies that are always developing with new materials and ideas. You have the benefit of all these patterns being tried and tested before being put...

19 January 2021

By Wayne JonesFishing NewsDraycote Water, Eyebrook Reservoir, Farmoor Reservoir, Grafham Water, Lake of Menteith, Llyn Brenig, Llyn Clywedog, 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

Top dry flies for llyn brenig and the Loop 7 x fly rod

Dry Fly Fishing Top Tips At Llyn Brenig

Llyn Brenig reservoir is located in Wales, in the heart of the Denbigh Moors, at a height of 1200 feet. Construction began in 1973 and was completed in 1976. It has a capacity of 60 million m³ and was first filled in 1979. With a surface area of around 920 acres, it is the fourth largest lake in Wales and has a perimeter of some 9 miles. Llyn Brenig Lake is now recognised as one of the best fisheries in...

23 December 2020

By Wayne JonesFishing NewsDraycote Water, Eyebrook Reservoir, Farmoor Reservoir, Farmoor Reservoir Llyn Brenig, Grafham Water, Lake of Menteith, Llyn Brenig, Llyn Clywedog, Pitsford Water, Rutland Water

Loop 7X fly rod with Loop Opti dry fly reel used to catch wild brown trout with the fly shop flies

NYMPHING FOR DOLLAGHAN

NYMPHING FOR DOLLAGHAN After some long awaited rain, the rivers got a much needed freshen up and more importantly a rise to help the migratory fish travel up the system. Near where I live I am fortunate to have both salmon and a unique strain of brown trout called Dollaghan that run up the rivers from Lough Neagh. These large trout spend most of the year feeding in Lough Neagh before returning to their rivers to spawn. These potamodromous fish start...

14 July 2020

Russell Owen Enjoys His First Day Out With The Welsh Hawks Team.

Russ had been eagerly waiting for the first day out with the rest of the lads who I fish with in the Welsh Hawks. Although the forecast wasn’t great for our first day out on Clywedog with rain most of the day and a moderate breeze but I wanted to try out some of the new Superflo tip lines from Airflo.

5 July 2020

Jim Crawford Gets Back Out On The Lake Of Menteith

To say the last few months have been tough without fly fishing as you all know would be an understatement so when the opportunity arose for a day out on Lake of Menteith it was a no brainer.

22 June 2020

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

Airflo Open Championship 2023 Rutland Water

Airflo Invitational Rutland Water Report by Russ Owen

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

Jim Crawford Picks His Top Patterns From 2020 Season

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

Dry Fly Fishing Top Tips At Llyn Brenig

NYMPHING FOR DOLLAGHAN

Russell Owen Enjoys His First Day Out With The Welsh Hawks Team.

Jim Crawford Gets Back Out On The Lake Of Menteith