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.

TROUT&SALMON • The voice of game-fishing since 1955

Trout & Salmon

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

FAR FLUNG

Gallery • Caught a memorable fish? Send your pictures to: troutandsalmon@bauermedia.co.uk

COCK-A-HOOP

A PRAYER FOR TROUT • George Barron fishes the coch-y-bonddu on a divine lake in the heart of Powys

OWAIN GLYNDŴR

Hebridean diary • Colin Macleod must lift the lid on a season's worth of knotted hooks, sticky sweets and fly-line spaghetti

TRULY STUFFED

HARD TO SWALLOW

LETTERS • Your comments and opinion on game-fishing matters

WAITING GAME • Editor Andrew Flitcroft quizzes one of Rutland Water's most successful bank anglers about his way of targeting the famous reservoir's big winter trout

MICK'S FRY SELECTION

MICK'S WASHING-LINE SELECTION

COLD CALL • Whatever happened to the EA's helpful guys? asks Simon Cooper

HERE SHE COMES • Dani Morey's mobile fishing hut clatters down the track

MY FISHING LIFE • Former BBC environment correspondent Richard Wilson reflects on a life of fly-rods

MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE • Paul Procter probes a little trouty tributary of the River Isla in Perthshire

CUT ABOVE

THREE FOR THE LUNAN

THE WORLD NEEDS MORE KINDNESS • Jim Coates travels to see first-hand what lies behind the transformation of the River Carron

THE KNOWLEDGE • Expert advice and seasonal solutions for belter game fishing

WATERSIDE WISDOM • Our panel of expert anglers offers advice for better fishing this month

ODDS AND SODS • Rob Denson makes clever use of more household tying materials

PREPPING

SKILL WITH SPIDERS • Don Stazicker explores traditional and flexible modern ways of spider fishing for trout and grayling

WHAT FLIES DO I NEED?

THE DUFFER'S GUIDE • Simon Sinclair takes a lighthearted look at fly-fishing with some serious stuff thrown in. This month: Stillwater fishing in winter

{FLY OF THE MONTH} CRAIGIE'S KILLER • This heavyweight is a knockout with grayling when fished in the point position, claims Stuart Foxall

FEELING FESTIVE? • Tackle editor Rob Hardy recommends gifts for fly-fishers this Christmas

FISHING REPORTS • All the latest news from our local experts. The only monthly record of catches and news from the major fisheries of England, Wales, Scotland and lreland

NEWSREEL

Dennis Mitchell CBE

Happy retirement

CROSSWORD • Solve the puzzle for a chance to win a Fishpond Tailwater Fly Tying Kit

WELSH WIZARD TAKES TITLE • At the 2022 Senior Troutmasters Challenge final, some of the UK's finest Stillwater fly-fishers battled through nail-biting bank and boat sessions

PROPERTY • Derek Bingham reports on houses with fishing for sale

BUZZ OFF! • Giles Catchpole acts decisively