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Master fly casting instructor Ally Gowans

Fly fishing and fly casting tuition and instruction for salmon, sea trout, steelhead, grayling, pike and trout, fly tying, conservation, catch and release and fishing in Scotland together with articles about many aspects of fly fishing. Ally Gowans professional writer, photographer, fishing instructor and guide who provides top class tuition and instruction including Spey casting, underhand, roll and overhead casting with two handed rods and all types of single handed casts, including overhead and side casts, roll and Spey casts, underhand casts and the use of single and double hauls with those casts. Learn all the secrets for successful fly fishing. Ally's qualifications include APGAI trout, salmon and fly tying and he is an FFF Master Instructor and Two Handed Casting Instructor. He is also a SANA licenced Game Angling coach.

Conservation pages contain the unique Gowans fish weight calculator, catch & release rules and other angling orientated biological information. Destinations include advice for the traveling angler and features on Scotland, Norway, Alberta, New Brunswick, British Colombia, Ireland and Spain. A fully guided fishing vacation and fly casting instruction service is available in Scotland. Spey casting and single handed casting schools are held in Scotland and various other countries including USA, Canada, England, Ireland and Italy. If you would like to arrange a fly fishing school close to your location contact Ally for details. Tackling Trout is a trout fly fishing course being held in May, 2009 (details below) due to popular demand. This is an exciting opportunity to learn lots about trout, fly fishing, fly casting and entomology.

Fly fishing and fly casting information

1. River Tay and River Tummel Spey casting school "Spey Casting Made Easy" more details about this great way to learn to fly fish for salmon.
2. Spey Casting School March 2009 and Spey Casting School April 2009, provisional details announced. Contact me for further information or provisional booking.
3. Tackling Trout - trout fishing course including single handed fly casting instruction, fishing techniques, entomology and fly tying and fishing on the Tay at the lovely Kenmore Hotel in Highland Perthshire. Dates May 15/16/17, 2009.
4. Trout fly fishing school feedback and pictures.
5. Details of the trout fly fishing course content and programe.
6. Spey Casting Made Easy - Spey casting and salmon fishing courses. Provisional details June 2009 at The Kenmore Hotel, Perthshire on the River Tay. See full details of the River Tay salmon fishing school.
7. Now available "Spey Casting Made Easy" DVD - Learn the essentials of efficient Spey Casting. Contact Ally now to order your copy - limited availability.
8. Striking success - how to hook Atlantic salmon on the fly.
9. Answers to questions about a floating fly line that sinks, advice on old fly fishing tackle, casting Pot Bellied Pig salmon flies, playing salmon, choice of leader material
10. Answers to questions about a common casting fault, striking rainbows and roll casting with a single handed fly rod.
11. Wading safety advice for fly fishers.Two pages worth reading for your own survival (Page 1 & Page 2)
12. Cascade a great salmon fly - its invention and pattern.
13. Fly fishing - how to change the direction of a fly cast.
14. Fly fishing tuition - Side casts and backhanded casts in the wind.
15. Fly casting basics explained
16. Learn the Overhead Cast easily
17. Want to learn to double haul? You must see my new cartoon movie.
18. Overhead cast correctly see Ally's video clip.
19. Roll cast correctly see Ally's video clip.

Flies pages include many patterns invented by Ally such as Ally's Shrimp (voted "Salmon Fly of the Millennium" by readers of EMAP publications), Cascade, Yellow Ally's and other salmon flies that have proven themselves over the years. Various types of salmon flies including some very old examples and many excellent trout fly patterns are pictured. Photography gives a glimpse of some of the extensive library of fishing pictures available covering most aspects of salmon and trout fly fishing, casting, rivers and lakes in various countries. Links pages lead you to other great fly fishing sites including www.flyfish-scotland.com which contains lots more advice for fly fishing in Scotland.

Let's fly fish and enjoy,

Alastair (Ally) Gowans BSc CEng APGAI, AAPGAI & FFF Master and Two Handed Fly Casting Instructor, Gamefishing consultant, writer, photographer and instructor.
Pitlochry, Perthshire, Scotland.

Web site designed, illustrated and produced by Alastair Gowans.