Nature
wild on the flyFishing is a gateway to the natural environment. It is a much about an appreciation of the natural world as it is about catching fish. Here is some of the wildlife we enouter whilst ‘wild on the fly’.
Fairy Flax
Fairy Flax, Linum catharticum, is common in unimproved grassland and meadows in early summer, but easily overlooked as it is small and delicate....
Periwinkle
The periwinkle, Vinca major, isn’t a common plant in areas I fish. In fact it’s quite rare. However it does occur in one south facing grassy bank...
Musk Thistle
Often called the nodding thistle, which seems a good description as the flowers do indeed bend over in a most characteristic way, as if nodding...
Wood Cranesbill
The Wood Cranesbill is species of geranium. The common houseplant that most people know as the Geranium is a relative, but is actually a...
Honeysuckle
The Honeysuckle has to be one of the most iconic and characteristic English native plants. It has the kind of showy and exotic flowers that one...
Marsh Marigold
It's just a giant buttercup really. But then size does matter; and the marsh marigold is bigger brighter, better. quite a common plant in marshy...
Apple blossom
Apple blossom doesn't seem to have quite the iconic appeal of cherry blossom. Perhaps as it appears later in teh year and is lost in the profusion...
Ox-eye daisy
The ox eye daisy has to be one of the most unmistakeable and spectacular flowers in the English countryside. It's also a very common plant; forming...
