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Fly fishing tips and advice: trout, sea trout and salmon techniques

Whether you’re learning to read a river for the first time or refining a Spey cast you’ve been throwing for decades, this is where Trout & Salmon’s expertise is distilled into practical, actionable advice.

Our tips and advice pages cover the full range of game fishing skills – dry fly and nymph technique for wild brown trout, chalkstream watercraft, stillwater tactics, sea trout after dark, and the salmon fly fishing methods that separate a productive day from a blank. We cover single and double-handed rod technique, fly selection, river reading, wading, catch and release best practice and seasonal tactics across rivers and stillwaters throughout the UK.

Advice written by anglers who have spent serious time on the water – not summarised from somewhere else.