Welcome to Issue 77 | Eat, Sleep, Fish

Wow, it feels like spring might have actually arrived. I celebrate my birthday in the second week of April catching the best of the grannom hatch and the real start of dry fly fishing here in Devon but not this year.

Things seem to be settling down now though and I'm hoping nature will do its usual thing and get going although I'd guess the mayfly hatch might be a little late so I'll just go with the flow and enjoy it however it plays out.

Also, I'd like to say a huge thank you for both public and private messages in supprt of what we're doing with our hard copy magazine Fly Culture.

We're starting to put it together now and think it is looking different and interesting. I've been playing with the Facebook page a little and trying an alternative approach; instead of just fish photos we've been posting some really short essays that we hope you'll enjoy.

You can see more by visiting the Fly Culture Facebook page, let me know if you like or don't like this style.

Lastly, this month's cover shot brought back a happy memory. It is of my daughter Charlie playing a good fish on the Gallatin River in Montana. She'd not fished for years but we were on a road trip and she'd been taking some photos and walking while I did some fishing but she decided to buy a licence and see if she could catch some fish. It still makes me smile to see this.

Nice one Charlie, the old man is proud!

Good fishing

Pete Tyjas

Pete is a fly fishing guide based in Devon, follow his fishing adventures HERE

Devon School of Fly Fishing