Trout & Salmon

Trout & Salmon magazine has been the voice of fly fishing since 1955. Every issue, the world’s most respected writers and experts in salmon, trout and sea-trout fishing contribute inspirational articles, along with beautiful photography from the world’s finest game-fishing destinations. Learn from expert fishermen who describe the latest tactics and flies that are bringing success. Read our guides on the UK's best game fisheries. See what's being caught with our authoritative record documenting the state of Britain and Ireland’s wild game fisheries. And decide on your latest kit purchase with the best comparison tests in fly fishing.

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Trout & Salmon

First cast • What’s happening in the world of game-fishing

Gallery

SHARPE’S FISH OF THE MONTH

BONNIE IN THE BORDERS • Finlay Wilson hops up and down the picturesque River Whiteadder in search of plump spring trout

MILES OF AFFORDABLE TROUT FISHING

Factfile

Hebridean diary • New series: Colin Macleod begins a season of wild river and loch-fishing on the spectacular Isle of Lewis

HANGOVER CURE

BIGGER THAN EXPECTED

LETTERS • Your comments and opinion on game-fishing matters

CRACKING THE CONCRETE BOWL • Frigid winter conditions didn’t deter Rob Hardy from a meeting with some plucky rainbow trout in Lincolnshire

SUPPLY AND DEMAND

Factfile

BLACK BEAUTIES • Stan Headley explains why the darkest colour is lethal on a loch

HEAVEN AND HELL • Simon Cooper comes to terms with fishing failure

TRENDY TREES • It’s time to pull the brake on the rewilding bandwagon, says Dani Morey

Nos. 2 & 3 BANKERS & HELL HOLE • Whether feast or famine, some pools captivate, writes Paul Procter

MY FISHING LIFE • David Pilkington, senior instructor at the famous Arundell Hotel in Devon, shares fond memories

SCRATCHING THE ITCH • The days are lengthening, and rods are stirring. It’s time to outwit game-fishing’s ultimate trophy — the spring-run salmon

WHERE WILL YOU MAKE YOUR FIRST CAST?

IN LOVE WITH THE DOVE • Leek & District Fly Fishing Association, custodians of historic trout water, are celebrating their golden anniversary. Don Stazicker got to know the members

WALTON, COTTON AND THAT BOOK

HOW IT STARTED

MEMBERS’ FLIES • Three proven patterns tied by the LADFFA

Factfile

WHAT’S IN YOUR BOX? • Chalkstream guide and instructor Gilly Bate shares three of her favourite trout patterns

MR BRIGHTSIDE • Jim Coates chats to Ken Reid about his lifelong involvement with salmon fishing. What can we learn from past mistakes and how do we find the hope we need to move forward?

FIRESIDE FISHING

TIME IS A HEALER

GREAT BALLS OF FRY • Chris McCully marks your diary as he describes his pioneering fly-fishing encounters with bass

Factfile

GOLD STANDARD • Six striking patterns from award-winning North Macedonians Igor and Nadica Stancev

CDC LAVENDER

YELLOW POTOMANTHUS NYMPH

HOW TO TIE THE CDC LAVENDER

COLEOPTERA

LEAD GAMMARUS

LOOP-HEAD ANT

BLACK CRICKET

NEAT NET

{ MEET THE TEAM }

GAME FISHERS’ SURGERY • Need some tactical advice? Ask our panel of problem-solvers

FANTASTIC FRITZ • Rob Denson explains how to make the most of that “shiny stuff on a string”

TYPES

A LURE FOR ALL SEASONS • Rob Edmunds explains how to tie and fish the hugely successful Humungous

BLACK AND SILVER HUMUNGOUS

TYING TIPS

CHOOSE THE RIGHT MATERIALS

MARCH MOUTHFUL • Stuart Foxall advances the tying of the March Brown dry-fly from slip-wing to comparadun —...