Tackle and technical

Engineering beauty, old friends and enjoying the act of maintenance.

21 June 2026

Knots, weak spots and pain

10 May 2026

A treasure of a fly-reel

21 February 2026

Am I hauling too much gear on the stream?

11 February 2026

A one hundred year old fly collection: Hardy’s flies from 1926

4 January 2026

Unpacking an archived interview of John Beams by Tom Sutcliffe in 1984

27 January 2025

Adding to a rod’s journey and giving it a new lease on life

4 January 2023

Truttablog has been going for ten years!

12 December 2022

Deliberations on fly weight, density, tippets, and sink rate, and the pleasant distraction of trying to solve the puzzle.

21 February 2021

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9 July 2020