![]() Their second book has a chapter entitled 'Concentration', an under estimated quality for all fisherman but particularly those who sight fish for big wild fish, where chances are few and far between. Their first book was Stalking Trout, their second Catching Trout and both are highly practical works describing the techniques for catching spooky wild trout in the clear back country streams of both North but more specifically South Island. Both New Zealanders and lifelong fisherman, Les was a school teacher and Graeme a professional guide. Les Hill and Graeme Marshall collaborated on two books in the 1980s and 1990s. Saturday 14th June 2014 - By Graham Waterton Important, I would suggest to establish its British roots! Most other references suggest it was purely a Wulff adaptation of a Newfoundland fisherman's techniques. I've fished the riffled hitch a number of times but did not know its origins until I read Aylmer Tyron's book. Thus was 'the hitch' discovered and later adapted and improved by the ingenious Lee Wulff and others. This caused the fly to 'skate' and wobble in a most seductive manner and to the surprise of all, they caught the most fish. When a fish was hooked the old gut-eyes broke but, being naval officers and therefore well trained in knots, they soon solved the problem with a half hitch round the shank. ![]() Finding that there were many salmon in the rivers, some officers found an old leather wallet in the Wardroom containing gut-eyed flies. ![]() Sometime early in this century a British man o' war put into this harbour in Newfoundland. In the Iceland chapter he admits to having first read this in Lee Wulff's book The Atlantic Salmon but in his own words he tells of the origins of the hitched fly. The wonderful gallery owning sportsman Aylmer Tryon wrote two delightful books, the second of which, The Quiet Waters By, describes his many fishing adventures. Where did this now well accepted and proven method of skating a fly across the surfaced or atlantic salmon come from? One containing my Iceland collection includes a number of small tubes with side holes drilled for hitching. This time of the year sees fly boxes being checked and restocked ready for the annual trip to Iceland. Monday 30th June 2014 - By Graham Waterton
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