The sea trout has usually been seen as an ‘inferior’ species to the salmon but, in the eyes of many, this perception is now changing.
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Coastal bass fishing MY APPROACH We’re getting closer, but high winds and snow storms have put my coastal plans behind... Read More
A new study suggests that the common practice of clipping the adipose fin of hatchery salmon may be damaging their swimming ability and survival rate. The adipose fin, found on a fish’s back behind its dorsal fin, was until now considered vestigial rather than functional and is typically cut off from millions of hatchery fish for identification purposes when they are caught. Read More
Jim Haughey, chairman of the North Atlantic Salmon Fund in Northern Ireland, has been appointed MBE in the UK’s New Year’s Honours List. Read More
American angler Julia Bell caught and released this beautiful 1.47 kg (3 lb 4 oz) pink salmon (Oncorhynchus gorbuscha) on... Read More
Netsmen who fish Devon's River Exe have agreed to a conservation deal aimed at restoring the stocks of what was one of England’s best salmon rivers. The river has long been a favourite for anglers but its most famous salmon was caught in the estuary by a netsman called Richard Voysey in 1924. It weighed 64 lb. Read More
It was a better week for anglers fishing the Aberdeenshire Dee last week with FishDee beats reporting 221 salmon and 30 sea trout, writes Dee Fisheries Development Officer, Ken Reid. And although reports in the current week suggest the river is now down to its bare summer bones, it is worth dwelling on the superlative summer sport that greets those fly-fishermen, and women, who are in the right place at the right time.
Fish sprinting like Usain Bolt? Dancing nuns on roller blades? All will be explained.. Read More
The Atlantic Salmon Federation (ASF) honoured Mary Barley, a passionate environmentalist and advocate for wild Atlantic salmon, at their 33rd Annual New York Dinner in New York. Read More
This reprieve for anglers comes after months of uncertainty following the revelation that, due to financial restraints, Bristol Water was... Read More
A weir removal project on the River Don has brought Sheffield’s salmon dreams closer. Read More
The Governor of the Murmansk region, Marina Kovtun, has decided to refer the dispute on Norwegian coastal netting in Finnmark to the Security Council in Russia. Diplomatic talks in the last two years have failed to produce results. Read More
I guess this time of the winter many of us will be thinking grayling, either on float or fly. (Personally,... Read More
It was a very tightly contested match at Draycote Water this past weekend at the finals of the Anglers World... Read More
The Wye & Usk Foundation Fundraising Auction Bidding has started this week on the Wye & Usk Foundation’s annual online... Read More
A friend has just sent me a veiled diatribe in a recently published book. In it, although I am not... Read More
GOING SHALLOW I began the month with a few sessions on the Specimen Lake at Woodland Waters, where the huge... Read More
Hit by a summer drought and high water temperatures (see recent picture, left), the Miramichi River in New Brunswick, Canada, has announced a closure of its main salmon fishings as anglers await further rain. It is felt anglers wading in cold-water pools, many of which are where tributaries enter the river, could disturb salmon that have gathered to seek refuge. Read More
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Key conference hears that ‘game fishing could be over in five years…’ Read More
Lifelong fisherman Matt Hayes will be attending The London Fly Fishing Fair. A TV presenter, filmmaker and photographer, Matt will... Read More