MULLET ON THE FLY

MANY ANGLERS consider mullet to be the closest UK species to the bonefish, especially in terms of their feeding and spirited, challenging runs once caught on a fly-rod. It’s therefore not surprising that many saltwater fisherman now are equally as addicted to the  pursuit of catching a mullet on the fly.

The credit due to Colin Macleod, and other great mullet anglers, including Darren Jackson and Joe Walker, is justly huge for transforming this area of saltwater fly-fishing.

Up to 2009 only a handful of anglers were turning their attentions to the potential of catching mullet on the fly. That same year, Colin turned his attention to mullet