UK Fishing News

Game 1 month ago

What lurks in the shadows: fly fishing for chalkstream pike

Val Warner is more impatient for the pike season than the trout. He explains where the big hens lie on a chalkstream, the twitched retrieve that has never let him down, and why you should quit wasting money on shop-bought predator leaders The post What lurks in the shadows: fly fishing for chalkstre...

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Tweed bailiffs and police patrol together as spawning season nears

River Tweed Commission water bailiffs have run joint patrols with Police Scotland at the catchment's poaching hotspots, and patrols will step up as salmon, sea trout and brown trout move onto the redds The post Tweed bailiffs and police patrol together as spawning season nears appeared first on Trou...

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Salmon rod catch falls to 4,053 in England and Wales

The Environment Agency's 2025 statistics show the declared salmon catch down 32.6% on 2024 and 42% below the five-year mean, with sea trout down 18.3% and rod licence sales down 16.7% The post Salmon rod catch falls to 4,053 in England and Wales appeared first on Trout and Salmon.

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The tide’s turning: a weekend at the Orvis Saltwater Fly Festival

Fishing has swung back from the hero shot towards something quieter. Pete Tyjas goes to Hayling Island to chase mullet he never catches, and finds the point of the weekend is happening on the beach behind him The post The tide’s turning: a weekend at the Orvis Saltwater Fly Festival appeared f...

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Before the noise: why I fish the Rother at half past four in the morning

Marnie Lovejoy gets up at 4.30 to fish a small, awkward, overgrown stretch of the Rother before work. The trout are tiny, the casting is impossible, and that is rather the point The post Before the noise: why I fish the Rother at half past four in the morning appeared first on Trout and Salmon.

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Game 1 month ago

WildFish auction returns with lots from chalk streams to Seychelles

Bidding is open until 27 September, from a day on the Derbyshire Wye to a week on the Alphonse atolls The post WildFish auction returns with lots from chalk streams to Seychelles appeared first on Trout and Salmon.

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Cooling down: what reservoir trout really eat at the back end

Daddies, snails and fry get all the attention, and John Horsey has spent 32 years guiding the Bristol Waters watching trout ignore them. Here is what they do eat once the water cools, and the washing-line and dry-fly casts that catch them The post Cooling down: what reservoir trout really eat at the...

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Fish sommelier Andrej Urosevic gives raw-fish masterclass at Farlows

Andrej Urosevic, the UK’s only self-styled fish sommelier, brought a taste of the riverbank to Farlows on Pall Mall last month. Thirty guests watched him prepare a ceviche of English sea bass and a gravlax of trout The post Fish sommelier Andrej Urosevic gives raw-fish masterclass at Farlows appeare...

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The itch that had to be scratched: two days on a Highland salmon river

For years Pete Tyjas had thought about a Highland salmon river he had only ever seen from the road. Then a friend rang and asked whether he fancied two days on it The post The itch that had to be scratched: two days on a Highland salmon river appeared first on Trout and Salmon.

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River Dee lands £500,000 boost for Save the Spring

The Just Transition Fund award will support restoration, monitoring and community engagement across the Dee catchment as the 20-year salmon programme scales up The post River Dee lands £500,000 boost for Save the Spring appeared first on Trout and Salmon.

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Sea 1 month ago

BIG TOPE TACKLE ESSENTIALS

UK record holder Gareth Griffiths reveals his tackle recommendations and top tips for targeting big shore-caught tope this month AKIOS NITRON SVR  The Nitron SVR is a high-end 14ft 6in, two-piece shore rod that provides serious backbone for launching big baits and absorbing the brutal runs. The...

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Drought order ‘could devastate’ River Test, inspector told

WildFish objected as Southern Water's bid to keep abstracting from the Test at low flows went before a planning inspector, whose recommendation now goes to Defra The post Drought order ‘could devastate’ River Test, inspector told appeared first on Trout and Salmon.

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Hooké comes to Britain

The Canadian fly-fishing and outdoor apparel brand, founded on the Restigouche in 2012, is now stocked by three specialist UK retailers The post Hooké comes to Britain appeared first on Trout and Salmon.

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A voice for grayling: Marnie Lovejoy on the Grayling Society and the health of our rivers

The Grayling Society's new chair came to fly fishing late, and to grayling by way of a fish she lost on the Test. Marnie Lovejoy tells Pete Tyjas why the fish she loves may be the truest measure of a river's health The post A voice for grayling: Marnie Lovejoy on the Grayling Society and the health...

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Upper Dee catchment audit completed in spring salmon fight

More than 1,200 sq km above Aboyne has been mapped in one of Scotland's largest-ever catchment audits, a milestone for Save the Spring The post Upper Dee catchment audit completed in spring salmon fight appeared first on Trout and Salmon.

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Game 2 months ago

Farmed salmon DNA found across Scotland’s wild stocks

A Scottish Government study of 6,639 wild fish finds farm genes on about a fifth of the river network, and on nearly three-quarters of it in Lochaber The post Farmed salmon DNA found across Scotland’s wild stocks appeared first on Trout and Salmon.

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Game 2 months ago

Severn drought order: what it means for the river’s salmon

The first drought order sought on the Severn since 1989 would relax minimum flows and cut abstraction by 5%. For the river's migratory fish, the autumn running now depends on how the water is spent The post Severn drought order: what it means for the river’s salmon appeared first on Trout and...

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Game 2 months ago

Giant bluefin are back off Yorkshire: what it means for UK anglers

Two bluefin of about 320kg taken a day apart off Whitby are the first giants from Yorkshire's waters since the 1960s, and scientists expect more to follow The post Giant bluefin are back off Yorkshire: what it means for UK anglers appeared first on Trout and Salmon.

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