Services and Fishing Techniques

1) Fly Fishing Services : Initiation, Advanced training , refinement , technical improvement .

* equipment :
- Presentation, choice and knowledge of equipment
- Adjustment of fishing rods, lines, end of line/ fishermen
- Assembly of end of line, suitable for a given site .

* lancer :
- Knowledge of basic lancers following an evolutionary method : lancer straight, underhanded, rolling, "under rod"
- Simple and double traction
- Knowledge of "shoot" and perfection of the drop
(parachute, curve, loose ….) and of présentation

* aquatique environment :
- Reading the river, approach and positioning of the fishermen .
- Biology and behaviour of the brown trout .
- Knowledge of entomology, identification of various interesting insect families.

* Artificial Flies :
- Assembly of local self made flies
- Assembly Techniques (formula)
- Choice of flies in prevailing conditions .

*Other services to complete your training :

- Training to learn how to assemble and repair fishing rods .
- Personal assembly
- Construction of a fishing rod
- Choice and knowledge of equipment

Services included in this arrangement :

- Transport to the fishing sites with a car that is equipped for river trout fishing
- Loan of high quality fishing equipment (SAGE rods, spindles and Scientific Anglers lines)
- loan of artificial flies
- Test of the SAGE fishing rod
- Supply of picnic basket on the water edge .

Services not included in this arrangement :

- Fishing permit ( locally available )
- Wellingtons and waders

2) Fishing techniques and equipment

* Equipment :

The diversity of our rivers and brooks quarantees a very divers and enriching fishing outings in the various natural zones of our department that we will prospect. You can, during your stay, measure yourself against different fishing profiles, passing from little, acid brooks, under a dense vegetal cover to the larger rivers of the limestone gorges. In this way you can enrich your knowledge as a passionate fisherman. My partnership with the SAGE make, makes it possible for me to furnish you with high quality equipment, adapted to the fishing technique and the type of river we are fishing.You can also test the latest fishing rods ! For instance : 10' line of 4 XP for the Jonte : 7,4' line of 3 VPS for the high Colagne.

Fishing techniques:

- Dry flies : fishing spot and arising, fishing in wild water, small intermediate and large rivers
- Wet flies : Upstream and downstream intermediate and large rivers
- Visible nymph : for the Tarn and the Jonte, Lot and Colagne in undeep water.
- Nymph, with indicator, heavy nymph
- Streamer : big rivers Lot, Tarn, Truyère and Bès