Fly fishing and dry flies, rivers and mountains, cigars and whisky. Images and nostalgic fairy tales from an ex-fishing guide. @semperfli_flytying @AnglingGwent
Cardiff, Wales
Joined January 2011
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**Gwent Angling Society Open Day**
Saturday 11th June Abergavenny
Sure to be a brilliant day! Learn technical casting & fishing techniques, fly tying, entomology lessons; a wonderful demonstration from @CharlesJardine - plus so much more! @AnglingGwent
gwentanglingsociety.co.uk/20…
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** NEW VIDEO**
We join Alan Parfitt of @AnglingGwent on the banks of the Sirhowy, a gem of a river once rendered almost lifeless due to coal mining industry. The recovered river is now teeming with wild trout.
youtu.be/v-WmMCamHGo
#FishingInWales #TroutFishing
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Thanks to @WildTroutTrust @DeniseAshton for letting me contribute to the latest Salmo trutta and to @AnglingGwent for the photos! Time to stop making pollution cost effective. #fishkill #riverpollution – at Swansea, Wales
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Some talented names attending the @AnglingGwent open day! Be sure to pick up your tickets so you don't miss out.
Our Open Day will also feature some of the UK's most talented fly dressers. Stuart Foxall, Mark Roberts, Paul Slaney and Tim Wood will be tying a range of salmon, sea trout, trout and grayling patterns throughout the day. For event/ticket info, visit bit.ly/GASOpenDay
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A book from two of our committee members and designed by a member! It includes invaluable information for anyone in pursuit of wild still-water trout in Wales.
First look at a book I have written with @alanparfitt6 & designed by @captured_online
'Wild Lakes Of Wales'
200 pages of wild lakes & wild trout 🏴🎣
Sample copies just arrived, first batch will be limited, if you want to put your name down send me a DM😀
£25 +postage
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This will be a fantastic day out! Well worth attending 🏴🎣
Our upcoming Open Day on Sat 11th June will feature none other than the brilliant @CharlesJardine, who will be demonstrating the casting techniques essential for all river anglers. For event/ticket info, simply visit bit.ly/GASOpenDay
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We are loving this Chironomid Emerger Parachute by Pro Team member Gareth Lewis ! Using our new Body n Rib material, it looks an absolute winner to us! Fabulous work @glflyfishing #semperfli #semperfliproteam
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Fly Culture Autumn 2021 now available to buy for delivery week of 13th September. We're pleased and proud of how this one is looking and hope you'll enjoy it too. More at flyculturemag.com
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We have submitted a formal compliant to the Office for Environmental Protection on the failure of Government to enforce #sewagepollution rules and stop sewage discharge into English rivers. Read why in @guardiannews this morning ow.ly/dA6L50G8IsM
#EndSewagePollution
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A quick peek inside the latest edition of Fly Culture
flyculturemag.com
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New Podcast with Christopher Rownes. We talk fishing, casting and dance. This is a great insight into one mans drive and determination. Click link to listen. buzzsprout.com/402997/903609…
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With 20 million chickens already in the Wye catchment and serious phosphate overload from too much manure - surely @HfdsCouncil & @EnvAgency can’t let this pass?
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Just seen that there’s a new planning application in to Herefordshire Council for another huge chicken factory in Lyonshall - 6 units for over 300,000 birds to be reared as broilers for meat.
herefordshire.gov.uk/info/20…
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August 2021
Ann Weedy, NRW's operations manager for Mid Wales, said: "We have collected all the evidence relevant to this case and we are finalising a case file which will be submitted to our legal team for review."
Dear god.
The river that keeps being devastated by major pollution spills and the people trying to bring it back to life each time - Wales Online
#llynfipollution walesonline.co.uk/news/wales…
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The river that keeps being devastated by major pollution spills and the people trying to bring it back to life each time - Wales Online
#llynfipollution walesonline.co.uk/news/wales…
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My lovely friend @caryshaf (on the left here) passed away on the 7th of July from cancer, and as thanks for the care she received I am selling paintings to raise money for @VelindreCC. Paintings are £300, the drawing £250. Please retweet and share as much as possible. Thanks.
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17’C on the Llynfi at Pipton, and 23.5’C on the Wye at Glasbury this morning
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Join @GeorgeMonbiot on Wednesday 14th July @ 7pm for #Rivercide , the worlds first live investigative documentary .
Our rivers are in a dire state – find out who is polluting them , and why we’re not stopping them .
Watch → rivercide.tv
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Great to see comedians getting involved to save our streams! We never thought we'd see Sandi Toksvig doing standup while wearing a pair of waders 🤣 anglingtimes.co.uk/news/stor…