Ensuring the preservation, development and knowledge sharing of skills, techniques and practices in the art of Fly Dressing in the North West of England

Branch News

Next Branch Meeting, Tuesday 16th June 2026. Mersey Gateway Environmental Trust.

Our next branch meeting on Tuesday 16 June is a presentation by Dr Andrea Drewitt Chief Executive of the Mersey Gateway Environmental Trust ‘The Mersey Estuary – a recovering ecosystem’. MGET offers a new approach to the Upper Mersey Estuary, with innovative ecological management for people and wildlife to enjoy this special landscape for generations to come. All members are welcome and guests pay £5 on the door.

Location: Timperley Village Club, 268 Stockport Road, Timperley, WA157UT

Branch Meeting, Tuesday May 19th 2026. Hands on Tying Evening No 2.

Our Second tying evening was very well received and well attended. Good feedback from members shows that we are moving in the right direction with Les’s syllabus and giving members the step by step tuition that has been requested. Part two continued with incorporating various tail and rib materials into a basic thread bodied wet fly. This process will continue at the next hands on tying evening when Les will add a variety of body materials, with the eventual goal of tying a Black Pennel wet fly.