Thomas Turner travels led to the door of legendary angling artist, Paul Cook, a short while back. Paul moved from... Read More
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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Every self-respecting famous Kola Peninsula salmon river these days has to boast its own trout fishing camp in the upper reaches and the North Kola's Varzina river is no exception. Here, a recent report posted on Facebook by the camp reflects, yes a few salmon caught (that's inevitable), but also some quite exceptional brown trout caught. Salmon sized brownies really. Or at least, it would be exceptional, if we didn't just pinch ourselves and say this is trout fishing Kola-style - and anything really is possible.. Read More
First, all the blindingly obvious observations. The landscape in the Borders is staggering. The weather on day one was a... Read More
Solar-powered fish-tracking drone recovered off N.S. after 3,000 km journey
Aug. 22
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A 127-centimetre salmon, weighing an estimated 25kg, has been caught from the Ljungan river in northern Sweden. Read More
For the first time scientists have managed to quantify how escaped salmon have interbred with wild salmon in Norwegian rivers.
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A collection of wooden carvings of the British Record game fish and others by the late, great Umba fishing guide... Read More
BBC Two has announced a new comic factual series starring comedians Bob Mortimer and Paul Whitehouse. The six-part Paul And... Read More
Your chance to quiz the salmon fishing master, Mikael Frödin, at the Salmon Spectacular Fly Fishing Weekend on 28 and 29 March 2015 Read More
While we are heartily encouraged by your obvious desire to learn more about the article you just read, we also... Read More
I spent a nostalgic Sunday assembling the Buller/Alston correspondence into some sort of order, and being generally appalled by the... Read More
A major and indiscriminate fish kill on an East Lothian river last week has prompted condemnation from the police and local and national fisheries organisations.
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The Countryside Alliance Foundation, the charity that runs projects which use the countryside as a place of education and therapy,... Read More
Two new fish passes on a Northumberland stream are giving salmon and sea trout easier access to 22km of watercourse.... Read More
Season’s End The end of another season of angling has drawn to a close. It’s a time of the year... Read More
Dropshot isn’t Dead The dropshot rig, an old faithful, tried, tested, and adopted by many anglers over the years. A... 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
It was another week of great friends, interesting weather and good sized salmon here on the north coast! Although we started out again with bright sunny skies and very warm temperatures of 25+ degrees C, by early week there was thunder and lightning followed by heavy rains and the odd snow flurry. Read More
News reached us of this family fishing day in west Australia recently which saw youngsters getting to cast with a... Read More
Steve Townson of the Amazon Angler emailed to let us know that his new series called Fishing Expeditions is due to air on the Discovery Shed channel this August. Read More