Trout & Salmon (UK) - 1 Sep 2025
Trout among the daddies
10 SHORT SALMON RODS TESTED
Sweethope: Northumberland's finest trout fishery
WOODSMOKE OVER THE DEE
Treehouse trout
The Editor enjoys days on the River Taw and nights in the heart of an old oak tree at a famous Westcountry fishing hotel
Finlay Wilson enjoys fine topof-the-water sport at the highly regarded Sweethope Loughs in Northumberland
With friends like these... John Connolly makes us all envious of his fabulous Irish fishing party
An atmospheric family-run salmon beat on the Aberdeenshire Dee charms Rob Hardy
Tony Bostock addresses the regulatory failings compounding the decline in riverflies
Adrian Gayston searches for an expensive needle in a soggy haystack
Our weakness for angling art is shared by Dani Morey
Giles Catchpole discovers that salmon do not swim alone
Letters to the editor
Editor’s welcome
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Ten of the best twelve-foot doublehanded rods are put through their paces by Cumbrian master salmon instructor Clive Mitchelhill
Author Mick O'farrell picks three of his favourite dry-flies for Irish and British stillwaters
The latest catches and news from the UK and Ireland's major game fisheries
Reader offer: a great deal on Guideline's powerful LPX Chrome double-handers
Rob Denson selects five classic wet-flies that we should all tie
Recipe of the month with the British Trout Association
A beginner's guide to adventurous hill loch fishing
How to tie the Hebridean Ombudsman
Gallery with Sharpe’s of Aberdeen
Seasonal advice for fly-fishers
Crossword competition
How to straighten hair
REGULARS
First Cast news
CHALKSTREAMS NEED S.A.C. STATUS
HOPE ON THE WATER
FISHPAL UNLOCKS IRISH FISHERIES
SONAR REVEALS SALMON SURGE
FISH CARE ADVICE
MALLOCH CONTENDER
VICAR COLLARS BIG TROUT
MAGICAL FIRST SALMON
STOPPING A SPRINTING FISH
EXPERIENCE COUNTS
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WOODSMOKE OVER THE DEE
WOODSMOKE OVER THE DEE
Factfile
LETTERS
THE BLOKE ON THE OARS
CATCHING THE EYE
DOWN THE HATCH
ON TOP OF THE WATTER
ON TOP OF THE WATTER
BULGING NETS
Factfile
HERB & FETA CRUSTED TROUT
MY FISHING PARTY
THE LOST ROD
THE LOST ROD
THE KNOWLEDGE
PERM OR STRAIGHT?
THE OMBUDSMAN
HOW TO TIE THE OMBUDSMAN
MATERIALS
IMITATING A TROUT’S FAVOURITE SNACK
WATERSIDE WISDOM
WHEN TROUT CHANGE THEIR MINDS
GOOD PLACES TO START SALMON FISHING
CLICK OR DRAG FOR A RIVER TROUT REEL?
TARGETING TROUT ON CLEAR-WATER LAKES
HILL LOCH FISHING
FLIES FOR THE HILLS
IMPORTANT EQUIPMENT
WET-FLIES
WET-FLIES
4. RED HOLOGRAPHIC DABBLER
5. STONE GOAT MUDDLER
3. COMMANDO WICKHAM
THE ULTIMATE GUIDE TO STILLWATER TROUT FLIES
THE TREEHOUSE ON THE TAW
THE TREEHOUSE ON THE TAW
IN ITS HEYDAY
Factfile
YORKSHIRE 6. MARSTON WYSE TROUT FARM
TROUT FISHERY GUIDE
HAMPSHIRE 5. MEON SPRINGS
GWYNEDD 4. EISTEDFFA FISHERY
GWYNEDD 3. CREGENNAN LAKES
CO. DURHAM 2. ALDIN GRANGE
BUCKS/BEDFORDSHIRE 1. POCHARD LAKE TROUT FISHERY
EAST SUSSEX 14. LAKEDOWN TROUT FISHERY
MONMOUTHSHIRE 7. BIGWELL FLY FISHERY
SOMERSET 11. CLATWORTHY RESERVOIR
NAIRN 8. GEDDES TROUT FISHERY
NORTH YORKSHIRE 9. TANFIELD LODGE LAKE
SOMERSET 13. SUTTON BINGHAM
SOMERSET 12. HAWKRIDGE RESERVOIR
NORTHUMBERLAND 10. SWEETHOPE LOUGH
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