Fly Fishing, Spey casting and fly casting and trips.

Spey Casting Made Easy with Ally Gowans - Spey Casting and salmon fly fishing schools March, April and June, 2009

Fly fishing and fly casting tuition and instruction for salmon, sea trout, steelhead, grayling, pike and trout, fly tying, conservation, catch and release and fishing in Scotland together with articles about many aspects of fly fishing. Ally Gowans professional writer, photographer, fishing instructor and guide who provides top class tuition and instruction including Spey casting, underhand, roll and overhead casting with two handed rods and all types of single handed casts, including overhead and side casts, roll and Spey casts, underhand casts and the use of single and double hauls with those casts. Learn all the secrets for successful fly fishing. Ally's qualifications include APGAI trout, salmon and fly tying and he is an FFF Master Instructor and Two Handed Casting Instructor. He is also a SANA licenced Game Angling coach.

Conservation pages contain the unique Gowans fish weight calculator, catch & release rules and other angling orientated biological information. Destinations include advice for the traveling angler and features on Scotland, Norway, Alberta, New Brunswick, British Colombia, Ireland and Spain. A fully guided fishing vacation and fly casting instruction service is available in Scotland. Spey casting and single handed casting schools are held in Scotland and various other countries including USA, Canada, England, Ireland and Italy. If you would like to arrange a fly fishing school close to your location contact Ally for details. Tackling Trout is a trout fly fishing course being held in May, 2009 (details below) due to popular demand. This is an exciting opportunity to learn lots about trout, fly fishing, fly casting and entomology.

Fly fishing and fly casting information

1. Spey Casting School 20, 21 & 22 March 2009, at the friendly Kennmore Hotel on the banks of the R Tay. Book now to avoid disappointment, only one place left!
2. Tackling Trout - trout fishing course including single handed fly casting instruction, fishing techniques, entomology and fly tying and fishing on the Tay at the lovely Kenmore Hotel in Highland Perthshire. Dates May 15/16/17, 2009.
3. River Tay and River Tummel Spey casting school "Spey Casting Made Easy" a great way to learn to fly fish for salmon.
4. Gift vouchers for fly casting instruction and fly fishing tuition
5. Trout fly fishing school feedback and pictures.
6. Details of the trout fly fishing course content and programe.
7. Spey Casting Made Easy - Spey casting and salmon fishing courses. 12, 13 & 14 June 2009 at The Kenmore Hotel, Perthshire on the River Tay. See full details of the River Tay salmon fishing school.
8. Now available "Spey Casting Made Easy" DVD - Learn the essentials of efficient Spey Casting. Contact Ally now to order your copy - limited availability.
9. Six new pages about fly fishing leaders, subject of my most asked questions.
10. Choosing and designing fly fishing leaders
11. Designing fly casting and fly fishing leaders
    
12. Fly fishing leader design and knots
    
13. Fly fishing leader design
    
14. Fly fishing sinking leaders
    
15. Salt water and specialist leaders
16. Fly fishing etiquette - fly fishing manners, fly fishing rules and fly fishing behaviour, three new pages added by request to help you to understand the game.
17. Striking success - how to hook Atlantic salmon on the fly.
18. Answers to questions: Salmon fly speed, which line to use DT or WF and winding a fly reel.
19. Answers to questions: Achieving leader turn over, problem with a level leader and imperfect fly presentation.
20. Answers to questions: Choice of salmon fly rod, threading fly eyes and salmon multi-tip fly line.
21. Wading safety advice for fly fishers.Two pages worth reading for your own survival (Page 1 and Page 2)
22. Cascade a great salmon fly - its invention and pattern.
23. Fly fishing - how to change the direction of a fly cast.
24. Fly fishing tuition - Side casts and backhanded casts in the wind.
25. Fly casting basics explained
26. Learn the Overhead Cast easily
27. Want to learn to double haul? You must see my new cartoon movie.
28. Overhead cast correctly see Ally's video clip.
29. Roll cast correctly see Ally's video clip.

Alastair (Ally) Gowans BSc CEng APGAI, AAPGAI & FFF Master and Two Handed Fly Casting Instructor, Gamefishing consultant, writer, photographer and instructor.
Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland.

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