John Walker ~ fly fishing instructor & guide

I'm John Walker, a qualified (AAPGAI Advanced certificate) fly fishing instructor and Level 3 sports coach tutor and assessor. I formed Snowdonia Fly Fishing Guides ​in 2010 to help fellow game anglers who want a guide, fly fishing lessons or casting instruction in North Wales.
A guide in the region for many years I have a good local knowledge. Clients can fish a wide range of river and stillwater locations for grayling, wild brown trout, sea trout and stocked trout. If required I can provide clients with tackle at no additional cost and organise fishing permits.

Alongside my fly fishing and guiding services I give casting demonstrations at game and country fairs across England and Wales, am actively involved with a number of angling associations and I'm the General Secretary for the Grayling Society.
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The welfare and satisfaction of clients is important to me and I will always give them my personal attention. To assist with larger fishing parties I only use fellow qualified instructors and guides that I know and trust. I have public liability insurance, hold current certificates in emergency first aid and child protection and have a clean DBS record.

In order to give honest, unbiased advice on equipment and clothing I stay independent of sponsorship or affiliation to suppliers or manufacturers. Recommendations are only given on kit and equipment I've used and have confidence in.

I've been a keen angler and conservationist from a very young age and my passion and ethos has grown with me. ​I have a catch and release policy, using barbless hooks and minimal handling for all wild fish, to set an example of best practice and sustainable fishing. As an campaigner for cleaner waterways I'm a volunteer Riverfly Partnership monitor, sampling aquatic invertebrates to determine water quality.

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John

fly fishing services

  • Casting instruction ~ including single handed Spey casting, slack line and presentation casts and techniques for gaining distance
  • Fly fishing & watercraft lessons ~ tailored to rivers or stillwater
  • Fly casting fault analysis ~ got a casting problem? We'll fix it together
  • Fly fishing guiding ~ on rivers, upland lakes and larger stillwaters
  • Casting demonstrations ~ for angling clubs and country fairs​