Ian's Biography

Ian Hockley is a holder of APGAI (Advanced Professional Game Angling Instructor) and the Salmon and Trout Association's National Game Angling Instructors' Certificate in salmon and trout fishing and fly-tying. He runs a fly-fishing school in Oxfordshire, and the Scottish Borders and a guiding service in the UK and overseas.
He also runs fly-tying courses.

He has fly-fished extensively throughout the UK, Ireland, New Zealand, America, Canada and the Caribbean.

In the UK, his fly-fishing expertise includes chalkstream, roughstream, stillwater and reservoir trout, sea trout, salmon and saltwater fly-fishing for bass and pollock..

Overseas, his expertise includes steelhead and Pacific salmon and saltwater fly-fishing for bonefish, striped bass, blue fish, various tuna and king fish