Taster Days
Cotswold Flyfishers counts a number of professional guides and fly fishing instructors amongst its membership. These qualified guides are able to offer Taster Days on some of the club’s waters. If you would like to experience fly fishing in the limestone streams of the Cotswolds for wild brown trout or would like to sample what we have to offer before committing to a membership, then these days are for you. To find out more about booking a Taster Day, please contact one of the guides listed below.
Please note that there are certain exclusions as to the waters that may be fished due to the agreements that we have in place with some of our owners and partners.
Mark Purvis
A life-long fly fisherman, Mark Purvis has been a club member for nearly 30 years and is the club’s River Secretary. He organises the Fisheries Team’s work parties that maintain the club waters through the close season and through that work, knows the rivers like the back of his hand. He works as a professional fly fishing guide and casting instructor and is accredited as a Professional Game Angling Instructor by the Game Angling Instructors Association (GAIA). He is also a DBS-checked Angling Trust Level 1 angling coach, licensed to teach all ages.
For more information, contact him on mark@bluezuluflyfishing.co.uk or check out his website: Blue Zulu Fly Fishing
John MacArtney
John MacArtney is an accredited Professional Game Angling Instructor (single handed), certified by the Game Angling Instructors Association (GAIA). He is available to support you take the next step on your fly casting journey, whether you are thinking of starting fly fishing or a seasoned angler who wants to improve their accuracy or distance casting.
John is also available to guide you on the Cotswolds Flyfishers waters. He has been a member of the club since 2017 and has been fishing for trout and grayling on southern chalk streams and in the Cotswolds since 2007. During the winter John can be booked for guided trips fly fishing for pike and perch.
Please contact John via macartney.j@gmail.com for availability and prices.
