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.
TROUT&SALMON • The voice of game-fishing since 1955
Trout & Salmon
First cast • What's happening in the world of game-fishing
FAR FLUNG
Gallery • Caught a memorable fish? Send your pictures to: troutandsalmon@bauermedia.co.uk
COCK-A-HOOP
A PRAYER FOR TROUT • George Barron fishes the coch-y-bonddu on a divine lake in the heart of Powys
OWAIN GLYNDŴR
Hebridean diary • Colin Macleod must lift the lid on a season's worth of knotted hooks, sticky sweets and fly-line spaghetti
TRULY STUFFED
LETTERS • Your comments and opinion on game-fishing matters
HARD TO SWALLOW
WAITING GAME • Editor Andrew Flitcroft quizzes one of Rutland Water's most successful bank anglers about his way of targeting the famous reservoir's big winter trout
MICK'S FRY SELECTION
MICK'S WASHING-LINE SELECTION
COLD CALL • Whatever happened to the EA's helpful guys? asks Simon Cooper
HERE SHE COMES • Dani Morey's mobile fishing hut clatters down the track
MY FISHING LIFE • Former BBC environment correspondent Richard Wilson reflects on a life of fly-rods
MORE THAN MEETS THE EYE • Paul Procter probes a little trouty tributary of the River Isla in Perthshire
CUT ABOVE
THREE FOR THE LUNAN
THE WORLD NEEDS MORE KINDNESS • Jim Coates travels to see first-hand what lies behind the transformation of the River Carron
THE KNOWLEDGE • Expert advice and seasonal solutions for belter game fishing
WATERSIDE WISDOM • Our panel of expert anglers offers advice for better fishing this month
ODDS AND SODS • Rob Denson makes clever use of more household tying materials
PREPPING
SKILL WITH SPIDERS • Don Stazicker explores traditional and flexible modern ways of spider fishing for trout and grayling
WHAT FLIES DO I NEED?
THE DUFFER'S GUIDE • Simon Sinclair takes a lighthearted look at fly-fishing with some serious stuff thrown in. This month: Stillwater fishing in winter
{FLY OF THE MONTH} CRAIGIE'S KILLER • This heavyweight is a knockout with grayling when fished in the point position, claims Stuart Foxall
FEELING FESTIVE? • Tackle editor Rob Hardy recommends gifts for fly-fishers this Christmas
FISHING REPORTS • All the latest news from our local experts. The only monthly record of catches and news from the major fisheries of England, Wales, Scotland and lreland
NEWSREEL
Dennis Mitchell CBE
Happy retirement
CROSSWORD • Solve the puzzle for a chance to win a Fishpond Tailwater Fly Tying Kit
WELSH WIZARD TAKES TITLE • At the 2022 Senior Troutmasters Challenge final, some of the UK's finest Stillwater fly-fishers battled through nail-biting bank and boat sessions
PROPERTY • Derek Bingham reports on houses with fishing for sale
BUZZ OFF! • Giles Catchpole acts decisively