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TROUT & SALMON

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

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

NYMPHING ON THE NORE • Rob Hardy meets two fine fishermen making the most of a bountiful trout river in south-east Ireland

Factfile

A life on the river • Marina Gibson describes her year in the Yorkshire Dales, where the trout are putting on a show as the season winds down

BETTER CATCH-AND-RELEASE

LETTERS • Your comments and opinion on game-fishing matters

DEMISE OF THE DERWENT

SKARA MONGER • A successful middle dropper pattern? Can it be true? Rob Denson stakes his reputation

MATERIALS

TYING TIP

TIE THE SKARA MONGER

OUT OF THE SHADOWS • Craig Fleming shines a light on his beloved River Don, famed for its trout and with a promising run of salmon

Factfile

KITE’S LEGACY • Simon Cooper remembers an inspiring angler and broadcaster

A LACK OF RESPECT • Too many anglers and gillies are mishandling salmon, says Bob White

MY FISHING LIFE • Mike Weaver, author and founder of the Wild Trout Trust, recalls influential anglers and rudimentary tackle

A RIVER THROUGH TIME • For centuries man has depleted the chalk waters of the River Lea at Amwell. Now, writes Jon Beer, there’s hope of a recovery

ZELDA • Love it or loath it, there’s no doubting it’s effective, says Ross Macdonald

“JUST LOOK AT MY OFFICE” • Peter Cockwill meets Phil Axell, the new manager of Brick Farm Lakes in East Sussex, who is no stranger to the fishery way of life

Factfile

TROUT FISHERS’ SURGERY • Our select team offers advice for improved sport on reservoirs and smaller stillwaters

WHAT’S IN YOUR BOX? • Martin Blakeston, inventor of the famous buzzer, lifts the lid on his favourite patterns

TARGETING MONSTERS • Rob Edmunds’ accolades include catching two double-figure trout from all four Anglian Water reservoirs. Here’s how he does it

THE SPACE BETWEEN THE NOTES • Jim Coates discusses salmon behaviour with world-renowned angler and casting instructor Topher Browne

FISHING MEMORIES

START GRAYLING FISHING • Where and how to catch them this winter, by Don Stazicker

DIFFERENCES: TROUT AND GRAYLING

PROVEN FLIES FOR GRAYLING

THE GRAYLING SOCIETY

BIG IS BEAUTIFUL • The hunter becomes the hunted when Matt Harris fly-fishes for reservoir pike

GIFTS FOR CHRISTMAS • What do you give a mustard-keen angler? Here are our recommendations

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 Ireland

Chris Lucas • 1952-2020

NEWSREEL

Jim Glasspool • 1933-2020

ZONKER

CARE FOR YOUR CATCH • ADVICE FOR BETTER CATCH-AND-RELEASE

GALLERY

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