News: conservation, legislation and fly fishing across the UK
Wild Atlantic salmon is now endangered in UK waters, catch limits are tightening across Scotland and Ireland, and the pressure on rivers from pollution, abstraction and habitat loss has never been greater. For anyone who fishes for wild trout, sea trout or salmon, staying informed has never mattered more.
Trout & Salmon’s news section covers the stories that shape the sport – conservation developments, regulatory changes, river conditions, hatchery programmes, fishing access disputes and the environmental battles being fought on behalf of the fish we love. We report across England, Scotland, Wales and Ireland, with a close eye on the science and the policy driving change.
This is news written by anglers who understand what’s at stake – on the riverbank and in the legislation that governs it.
Stuart Foxall reveals how to tie and fish a deadly hitched tube that could turn an ordinary day on a summer salmon river into one of life’s great memories
Your questions answered about the most reliable hatch of high summer
Governing body seeks 100% catch-and-release
Editor Andrew Flitcroft and experienced tackle tester Don Stazicker cast a baker’s dozen of the latest 9ft five-weight rods
Anglers urged to ask Icelandic MPs to stop harmful fish farms
How to avoid disease risk from sewage and other hazards
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Historically low salmon catches prompt mid-season fishing ban for some southern rivers
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