Our friends at Zepter Passport Fly Fishing who already run a successful business outfitting fly fishing trips to the beautiful waters of Bosnia, now can offer a new relatively undiscovered location - Croatia!

Check out the details of the rivers on offer in this part of the world and then give them a call to find out just how affordable a trip can be.

Continuing on the Tactical Wading theme introduced in part 18, England International Jeremy Lucas now moves on to consider this important part of our approach in more detail and how we should not be afraid to wade!

"..there is a rapidly increasing number of river fishers out there who recognise the value of wading technique in the whole gamut of factors that influence the effectiveness of our approach."

With the opening up of Eastern Europe over the past decade or so many new areas have become available to adventurous fly fishers. Following hot on the heels of the Czech Republic, Slovenia and Poland, we can now bring you a new destination that is still little known but has so much to offer courtesy of outfitter Zepter Passport Fly Fishing.

Peter Cammann shares a story this week that will be sure to bring a smile to your face as he recounts a tale of ice, canoes and Star the Wonder Beagle!

"There's a saying - 90% of the fish are caught by 10% of the anglers. The objective of the Essential Skills series is to make this more democratic."

Today we begin a new series of product reviews working our way over the next few months through the "Essential Skills with Oliver Edwards" library of DVDs. By taking a look at each individual disc in turn we hope you will better be able to decide whether you wish to purchase the whole collection or perhaps just those that relate to the style of fishing you wish to learn or study more.

A bonus is that we have received some very nice self-contained clips from each of the DVD's that are worth watching in their own right for the information they contain. There are two clips inside...

"Wading is, after all, very much a part of fly fishing on the frontier, and, let’s face it, successful river fishing per se."

Jeremy Lucas continues his current series on the more in-depth techniques and "tactical" approach to fly fishing with his thoughts on wading - an often overlooked or taken for granted part of fly fishing.

As another competition season comes to an end, Peter Firth of the Association of Major Fly Fishing Clubs presents his last roundup and newsletter of 2008.

We look forward to bringing you the 2009 results starting in April.