Tips for better droppers on stillwaters

Stan Headley offers a no-nonsense guide to knots, length and spacing

The Kitchen Sink

Despite its name, this trending fly should never be the last pattern you try

Spate of Irish salmon deaths

A summer of major fish kills has affected rivers

How to tie the Invicta

Master the tying of this classic pattern for river and stillwater, tempter of brown trout, sea-trout and salmon

How healthy is your river?

New map shows sources of pollution along thousands of UK rivers

Teifi poacher fined

Angler caught red-handed with illegally killed salmon

How to tie a Pearly Black Hopper

Summer is the time for terrestrials on stillwaters and wild lakes. Try this all-round pattern, dry or wet, for rainbow trout and wild brownies

Tweed salmon anglers asked for restraint

Governing body seeks 100% catch-and-release

Salmon at tipping point in Iceland

Anglers urged to ask Icelandic MPs to stop harmful fish farms

Poo bugs and bat bites

How to avoid disease risk from sewage and other hazards

Six fantastic fish-and-stay options

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Norwegian rivers close

Historically low salmon catches prompt mid-season fishing ban for some southern rivers

How to tie a Sedgehog

The Sedgehog is a versatile wet-dry trout pattern creating a dense, buoyant profile that is suggestive of many prey items found in and around the surface

How to tie the Evening Dress

This micro-tube, devised by Sturla Birgisson, manager of Iceland's Laxa a Asum river, was used by musician Eric Clapton to land a 25lb salmon

Help for gillies

A new book, video and helpline is supporting riverside workers

Are fish conscious?

Scientists are attempting to define animal sentience, including aspects of pleasure, pain, hope and fear

Wiped out

They block sewers and are flushed into our rivers, but action is at last being taken against wet wipes

How to tie the Hot-Butt Willie Gunn

A classic salmon double with a hotspot Glo-Brite butt for good measure

Tie the Fussy Dun

Trout will always take the easy option when targeting a hatch of insects. That’s why you must try the Fussy Dun

Sharing a rod adds fun to salmon fishing

From our archive: The wisdom of Robin Elles

How to fish the hawthorn hatch

Every spring, trout fishers keep a sharp eye out for Bibio marci – and so do the trout

How to tie the Grunter

Step-by-step tying of a popular trout fly for rivers and lakes

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This proven selection of 273 modern trout, salmon, sea-trout and grayling flies has been tied for Trout & Salmon magazine by some of the world's leading game-fishers.

Step-by-step tying of the Olive Biot Nymph

A highly effective buggy all-rounder for use during spring hatches of olive flies on lake or river