Hello, and you are very welcome to the GAELFORCE Fly-Fishing site.

I am James Chalmers from Scotland,World Champion Speycaster and  founder of GAELFORCE Fly-Fishing. I am a Salmon fly angler and have fly-fished for Atlantic Salmon passionately over the past 35 years. I have been fortunate indeed to fish on many of our own classic Scottish rivers, and at many wonderful Atlantic salmon rivers worldwide. Over this time I was able to gain much knowledge and experience and to meet some truly amazing characters, fortunately also to make some genuine friends with a shared interest in all things salmon fly-fishing.

As one wise old friend from the Scottish borders, now sadly deceased used to say …..”At the fishing, everyday is a school day” …. How true that observation is. I gained much of my own fishing experience from knowledgeable life long Ghillies and characters like him. as well as from the many years spent pursuing Salmo Salar, I certainly was privileged and very grateful to have enhanced my fishing success directly or indirectly from their shared knowledge, including their fly-casting ability…. (read more)