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.
In sizes for trout and salmon and with looks to match its performance, Sage’s new fly reel is the perfect match for spey casts.
Jim Coates shares 40 wily ways to make your salmon sport more successful.
Ever felt that sometimes you need another pair of hands when changing flies or leaders. Robert Hardy looks at a simple clip-on fly patch that gives you a secure dock for both flies and tools.
A celebration of the lives of the early professionals who knew their rivers better than anyone else, by the late Crawford Little. This article was first published in February 2019.
Cast farther with this slick, easily handled Japanese mono