Trout & Salmon

Trout & Salmon magazine has been the voice of fly fishing since 1955. Every issue, the world’s most respected writers and experts in salmon, trout and sea-trout fishing contribute inspirational articles, along with beautiful photography from the world’s finest game-fishing destinations. Learn from expert fishermen who describe the latest tactics and flies that are bringing success. Read our guides on the UK's best game fisheries. See what's being caught with our authoritative record documenting the state of Britain and Ireland’s wild game fisheries. And decide on your latest kit purchase with the best comparison tests in fly fishing.

Editor’s welcome

Trout & Salmon

First cast • What’s happening in the world of game-fishing

Gallery

CHEW ON TOP • A summer’s day on Chew Valley Lake can be a glorious experience, writes Peter Gathercole, as he celebrates England’s finest top-of-the-water trout fishery

BIG SURPRISE

A YEAR OF WONDERFUL SPORT

Factfile

Hebridean diary • When the sun beats down — briefly — it’s the cue for Colin Macleod to prepare for evening fishing

A DIFFERENT STAGE

LETTERS • Your comments and opinion on game-fishing matters

BIG DAY AT TOFT

THE PILGRIMAGE • Digby Lewis longs to return to the West of Ireland when the mayfly are up

WHEN WILL THEY HATCH?

LIGHTS, CAMERA… • Simon Cooper selects his favourite six fishing shows of all time

HAVE ONE ON ME • Rewarding a gillie for a job well done is appreciated, says Dani Morey

Cockwill’s conundrum • Is catch-and-release always the right policy on stocked stillwaters?

RESPECTFUL RELEASE

LITTLE BLIGHTERS • Get away from it all. Paul Procter finds absorbing wild trout fishing in a secluded corner of the Lake District

LOWTHER CASTLE

Factfile

MY FISHING LIFE • Irish guide and show organiser Stevie Munn shares memories of his angling possessions

DRAB BUT DEADLY • Tasmanian guide Christopher Bassano favours form over frills when he’s at the tying bench

HOW TO TIE THE POSSUM EMERGER

MASTER THE WIND • Don Stazicker explains how to use the wind to your advantage on stillwaters

THE NICK OF TIME

SHORELINE FEATURES

IT’S BEEN WONDERFUL • Mike Handyside walks the riverbank with admired instructor and fly-dresser Louis Noble, who’s spent a lifetime exploring the beautiful Welsh Border streams

WHAT’S IN YOUR BOX? • Welsh International Kieron Jenkins selects three classic flies that never let him down on stillwaters

CONFIDENCE TRICKS • It’s time for the full floating line, writes Jim Coates, who explains the trusted methods that enable him to forgo depth and raise salmon to the surface

JIM’S HALF DOZEN

ONCE IN A LIFETIME

{QUICK FIX} EYES WIDE OPEN

WATERSIDE WISDOM • Our panel of expert anglers offers advice for better fishing this month

{MEET THE TEAM}

FLASH MOB • Rob Denson explains deft ways of tying flies with shiny synthetic strands

PREPPING

RISE OF THE LARGE DARK OLIVES • Steve Cullen prepares you for one of the most significant hatches of the year with advice on tactics, tackle and flies

RISE FORMS AND FLIES

THE LITTLE DETAILS

GOLD TOP BUZZER • Stuart Foxall ties a versatile, all-weather pattern for stillwaters

THE DUFFER S GUIDE • Trout are simple creatures. But fishing for them rarely is. Simon Sinclair takes a lighthearted look at the subject with some serious stuff in it. This month, dry-fly on spring rivers

TACKLE • The latest gear for discerning game-fishers

FLY - TYING • Our pick of the best tools and materials

LIGHT RIVER RODS • Andrew...