NEWS AND ARTICLES
Choosing the best Fishing Week on Gaula
Lies, Damn Lies and Statistics During my time (20 years) on Gaula, the most prized week on the river which
August on Gaula
Fishing on Gaula in August is different from the early and mid-season. Matt Hayes gives his tips and advice for fishing at the back end.
Lines For Fishing on Gaula
Matt Hayes discusses which fly fishing lines work best for the Winsnes beats on Gaula. Line weights and sinking versus floating lines.
End of Season Report 2023
It was a below-average season on the Gaula River, which was also the case at Winsnes, with 100 fish caught when our normal benchmark is 140-150 salmon.
The Art of Relaxation
A Vital Component of Successful Salmon Fishing on the Gaula River is taking time off your feet and off the river.
Winsnes Legend Cap
Our new ‘Winsnes Legend’ caps feature patches that celebrate the Winsnes Salmon Fishing Club which we have been running here every summer since 1882.
Good start on week 26
We got 3 fish yesterday and sport is slowish but decent in patches. Here’s a lovely Gaula fish caught by regular Glenn Hole just before the big storm arrived.
WEEKLY REPORT
Persistence paid off
Week 27 saw Gaula running at a nice level after a couple of mid-week mini-spates which saw the river running at low to medium height.
FISHING TIPS
The Illusion of Life
Choosing a salmon fly is easier if you understand ‘The Illusion of life” argues Matt Hayes
The Taking Strip
Finding the sweet spot, where the fly fishes well is vital argues Matt Hayes
FLY PATTERNS
The Willy Gunn
Falkus argued that the very best salmon flies are seen by fish at the last moment so that the fly comes as a surprise when it flutters across its field of view.
The Sunray shadow
Apart from being a classic, almost indispensable fly on Gaula, the Sunray Shadow is a success on just about every Atlantic Salmon river in the world.
The Martinson fly
Today’s choice – one of my own flies, the Martinson – I named the fly after finding a moth-eaten collection of old flies belonging to an old Swedish fisherman who fished at Winsnes for many years.
