How to retrieve flies on stillwaters

Should you twitch, pull or hang your teams of trout flies? Find out in our handy guide

Tips for better droppers on stillwaters

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

How to deliver a downstream dry fly

Three casts that counter the river's current and avoid drag

Fortune and the fisher

From our archive: no matter the outcome of a day on the water, fate will always have played a part

How to catch sedge-feeding river trout

Your questions answered about the most reliable hatch of high summer

Solo pursuit

From our archive: the late Logie Bruce Lockhart writes memorably about fishing alone

Hook more fish with dry flies

Keep missing rising fish on stillwaters? Try these proven solutions

Thrill of the evening rise

Try these exciting methods of catching trout on stillwaters as the sun sinks

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Trying for specimen fish

Discover how to catch the fish of a lifetime with sage advice from May 1965

Favourite fishing spots

Have you got one? This article from our archive reflects on a common error in the approach to a fishery

Salmon fishing with a floating line

When a salmon takes a small fly on a floating line it is thrilling. Jim Coates explains why late spring is the perfect time to try the technique

Catch salmon from a boat

A renowned Tweed boatman explains the dos and don'ts of going afloat on a big river

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

The essential guide to retrieving flies from a boat on stillwaters

Discover the effect of drifting, the angle and distance of casts, sink rates, leader lengths and more.

The essential guide to retrieving flies when bank fishing on lakes

Find out how flies move, ways to control your fly line and understand the effect of wind on water

Which spinner for spring salmon?

Find out how to fish the best lures for salmon in the River Tay and other big rivers, including the Vision 110, Toby Salmo and Devon Minnow