Animals-and-Pets
Trout & Salmon
A Grand Plan
Giles Catchpole makes some surprising New Year’s resolutions
4 min |
February 2018
Trout & Salmon
Eoin Fairgrieve's Casting School Part 13: Shooting Lines
Discover how to hit the far bank and avoid tangles
2 min |
February 2018
Trout & Salmon
Bridging The Gap
Troubled by the middle-dropper position? Stan Headley recommends a stunning pattern for loch salmon and sea-trout, dressed in a clever way
5 min |
February 2018
Trout & Salmon
Mixed Lives
James Beeson goes west on a quest for some early-season dry-fly action on the famous River Usk.
7 min |
March 2017
Trout & Salmon
Chess Champions
Jon Beer explains how an owner’s vision and the Wild Trout Trust’s expertise is transforming one of the surviving Chilterns chalkstreams
7 min |
March 2017
Trout & Salmon
A Strange Kind Of Magic
Charles van straubenzee introduces a salmon fly that combines the most unlikely colours and materials to deadly effect.
2 min |
February 2017
Trout & Salmon
A Deep-Water Experiment
Stan Headley hatches a plan to catch three species of fish in one day at Loch Calder in Caithness.
8 min |
April 2017
Trout & Salmon
Rutland's Old Warriors
James Beeson enjoys supercharged surface sport with Rutland Water’s fry-feeders.
6 min |
October 2017
Trout & Salmon
Plucked From The Jaws
Looking for affordable back-end sport? Andrew Flitcroft recommends the challenging Chollerton beat on the North Tyne.
8 min |
October 2017
Trout & Salmon
Will The Pinks Return?
Environment Secretary Roseanna Cunningham explains how her Government and its agencies are assessing whether Pacific pink salmon have successfully spawned in Scottish rivers.
2 min |
October 2017
Trout & Salmon
Eoin Fairgrieve's Casting School Part 8: Polytips
Find out how adding a slim, dense tip to your fly-line can help your autumn salmon fishing.
2 min |
October 2017
Trout & Salmon
Year Of The Big Brownies
Andrew Flitcroft explains why Rutland Water has experienced arguably its best-ever brown trout season.
7 min |
December 2017
Trout & Salmon
One To Show Your Grandchildren
Want to catch a truly enormous silver salmon? For Matt Harris, the only place to go is Patagonia.
9 min |
December 2017
Trout & Salmon
A Time Of Plenty
For grayling addicts, such as Howard Colmer, winter’s short days can provide long and wonderful memories.
4 min |
December 2017
Trout & Salmon
Trouting For Old Blokes
Jon Beer fishes in Holmfirth, a Yorkshire town made famous by a trio of bumbling retired men.
8 min |
December 2017
Trout & Salmon
The Garrabhudie
Ross Macdonald reflects on a Lochy fly tied by his father, Kenny.
3 min |
December 2017
Trout & Salmon
Casting School
PART 11: MAINTAIN YOUR TACKLEDiscover ways to extend the life of your rods and fly-lines
2 min |
December 2017
Trout & Salmon
Mr Goldhead And The Grayling
Lawrence Catlow fishes the rapidly recovering River Irfon in Powys.
9 min |
January 2018
Trout & Salmon
Moody Beasts
Stan Headley searches for the elusive sea-trout of Loch Ailsh in the northwest Highlands.
8 min |
January 2018
Trout & Salmon
Alone On The River
Cliff Hatton encounters a mighty Wye salmon.
6 min |
January 2018
Trout & Salmon
Hop To It
Richard Donkin has a no-nonsense approach to tackle and amphibians.
4 min |
January 2018
Trout & Salmon
River Blackwater
THE BLACKWATER rises in the boglands of County Kerry, and although the peaty tinge it carries gives rise to its name it also flows through limestone and that helps it to support a diverse range of fly-life which provides plenty of sustenance for salmon parr and trout. The river is one of Ireland’s most productive salmon fisheries, along with the River Moy.
1 min |
November 2017
Trout & Salmon
Hampshire Avon
THERE CAN be few places in fishing more famous than the Royalty Fishery on the Hampshire Avon, even Mr Crabtree has fished its illustrious waters. Two seasons ago an enormous salmon of 40lb was caught in the spring at the Royalty and big salmon are regularly caught in the early months of the season.
1 min |
November 2017
Trout & Salmon
As Good As It Gets
How far would you travel to catch the trout of your dreams? New Zealand? Alaska? Finlay Wilson discovered that perfection swims closer to home, in the Orkneys
9 min |
March 2017
Trout & Salmon
Lough Corrib
PROBABLY THE most famous fishery in Ireland, and certainly its greatest limestone lough, Corrib has been attracting anglers to the Emerald Isle since Victorian times. At a staggering 44,000 acres it is the largest lake in the Republic – a vast expanse that’s characterised by sheltered bays, rocky shores and an array of islands.
1 min |
November 2017
Trout & Salmon
Itchen
ONE OF Hampshire’s famous chalkstreams, the Itchen is shorter than its equally famous neighbour, the Test, and is therefore more exclusive. Many Itchen beats are controlled by syndicates and private owners with fishing reserved for members and friends only, although there is some day-ticket availability – and even a free stretch through Winchester city centre.
1 min |
November 2017
Trout & Salmon
Waiting For The Inny
Chris McCully chases spate-river salmon in Co Kerry.
8 min |
December 2017
Trout & Salmon
Bucking The Trend
James Beeson looks inside a new salmon hatchery on a Cornish river.
7 min |
December 2017
Trout & Salmon
Hat Trick
He’s caught one salmon, but can Giles Catchpole catch another?
4 min |
December 2017
Trout & Salmon
Tried & Tested
SCOTT MACKENZIE’S MUCH-HYPED GRAPHENE ROD HAS BEEN PUT THROUGH ITS PACES ALL SEASON. IS IT WORTH BUYING?
5 min |