UK Fishing News

Game 1 week ago

Lancashire tree planting reaches 271,000 in a season

The Lancashire Woodland Partnership, with the Ribble and Wyre Rivers Trusts at its heart, planted 271,418 trees in the last season, with new woodlands alone covering the equivalent of 154 football pitches The post Lancashire tree planting reaches 271,000 in a season appeared first on Trout and Salmo...

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Game 1 week ago

Alex Tipping wins Team England rivers qualifier on the Itchen

The opening rivers qualifier of the 2026/27 cycle saw 20 anglers fish the Lower Itchen, with Alex Tipping taking first place from Sean Brooks and Mark Withyman The post Alex Tipping wins Team England rivers qualifier on the Itchen appeared first on Trout and Salmon.

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Game 1 week ago

Trout & Salmon crossword

Complete the crossword in this month's magazine and submit your entry to be in with a chance of winning a Loop Classic X reel The post Trout & Salmon crossword appeared first on Trout and Salmon.

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Game 1 week ago

Grafham Water fishing report: rod average hits 15 as dries score

A 55-trout bank return on dry flies, boats to 48 off the North Shore and a 65cm brown on a size 14 Hare’s Ear carried the Cambridgeshire reservoir’s rod average from 9.0 to 15.0 in a week, while low water keeps the boat fleet reduced and the wading rule at thigh depth The post Grafham Water fishing...

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Game 1 week ago

Dee’s last full week yields 110 salmon as season closes

Park topped the beats with 32 fish including a 23lb salmon, one rod took hat-tricks on three straight days, and Dess brought up its 150th of the year The post Dee’s last full week yields 110 salmon as season closes appeared first on Trout and Salmon.

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Game 1 week ago

Allan Barbour wins Scottish Champion of Champions at Menteith

The Firecats rod topped a 55-strong field at the Lake of Menteith with 14 trout for 29lb 14.7oz as 228 fish came to the boats The post Allan Barbour wins Scottish Champion of Champions at Menteith appeared first on Trout and Salmon.

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Sea 1 week ago

 TEMPEST TACTICS FOR BASS

With a season of autumn and winter storms approaching James Batty explains how to make the most of the great bass fishing that comes during or after a big blow! There are still people who say there’s no such thing as climate change, but mostly they fall into two camps: political operators funded by...

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Game 2 weeks ago

River tiger: fly fishing for golden dorado on Argentina’s Río Paraná

A nine-weight, 60lb mono and a wire trace against a fish with the temper of a jack pike and the leap of a tarpon. Simon K. Barr fishes the middle Paraná from Karandá Lodge in Corrientes and finds the freshwater game-fish most British anglers have yet to meet, on a river that needs looking after The...

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Game 2 weeks ago

Anti-salmon farming adverts blitz London Underground for eight weeks

US-funded group Project Slingshot has bought more than 5,000 Tube adverts pressing M&S to drop farmed salmon, and the industry has hit back hard The post Anti-salmon farming adverts blitz London Underground for eight weeks appeared first on Trout and Salmon.

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Game 2 weeks ago

Atlantic Salmon Trust auction lots: royal Dee day and Norway week

A day on the Balmoral, Abergeldie and Birkhall beats of the Dee, a week for two rods on Norway’s River Verdal and LOOP reel number 001 lead the lots in the trust’s online auction, open from 17 October to 22 November The post Atlantic Salmon Trust auction lots: royal Dee day and Norway week appeared...

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Sea 2 weeks ago

WIN! VALLON Saltwater Revivals polarised fishing sunglasses worth £110

We’ve teamed up with VALLON to give two lucky Sea Angler readers the chance to win a pair of Saltwater Revivals – purpose-built polarised sunglasses designed to help you see more clearly when fishing at sea. ENTER NOW Whether you’re searching the shallows for cruising bass, watching a fl...

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Game 2 weeks ago

Project Deveron wins 2026 EMMA award for salmon monitoring

Sonar counts, tagging and habitat surveys on the Aberdeenshire river took the integrated monitoring category at this year’s awards The post Project Deveron wins 2026 EMMA award for salmon monitoring appeared first on Trout and Salmon.

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Game 2 weeks ago

River Tweed Commission backs catchment-wide approach to beavers

The statutory fisheries body says reintroduction would be premature without evidence on what beaver dams would mean for the Tweed’s salmon and sea trout The post River Tweed Commission backs catchment-wide approach to beavers appeared first on Trout and Salmon.

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Game 2 weeks ago

River Dee million trees campaign wins national conservation award

The One Million Trees campaign takes the Helping It Happen Conservation Award for its work restoring salmon habitat across the Dee catchment The post River Dee million trees campaign wins national conservation award appeared first on Trout and Salmon.

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Game 2 weeks ago

Grafham Water fishing report: rod average jumps from 5.0 to 9.0

A 35-trout bank return from the North Shore and a 5.5lb brown on a Black Daddy headlined a week in which the Cambridgeshire reservoir’s rod average jumped from 5.0 to 9.0, with the fishery still on a reduced boat fleet while levels stay low The post Grafham Water fishing report: rod average jumps fr...

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Game 2 weeks ago

Dee rods land more than 100 salmon in best week of the season

Forty-two fish on the Tuesday led the Aberdeenshire river’s strongest week of 2026, with a 20-pounder from Tilbouries and the season closing on 15 October The post Dee rods land more than 100 salmon in best week of the season appeared first on Trout and Salmon.

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Game 3 weeks ago

Matthew Fleming: the Missing Salmon Alliance chairman on the fight for wild salmon

Five years in the Royal Green Jackets, a dozen as a professional cricketer and a career helping families hand things on in better shape than they found them. Now Matthew Fleming chairs the Missing Salmon Alliance, and he wants anglers to keep fishing, keep travelling and keep making the case for the...

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Game 3 weeks ago

Matthew Fleming: the Missing Salmon Alliance chairman on the fight for wild salmon

Five years in the Royal Green Jackets, a dozen as a professional cricketer and a career helping families hand things on in better shape than they found them. Now Matthew Fleming chairs the Missing Salmon Alliance, and he wants anglers to keep fishing, keep travelling and keep making the case for the...

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