UK Fishing News

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A Lyme disease vaccine is finally in sight for anglers

After two decades without one, three Lyme vaccines are in clinical trials and the frontrunner has posted 73% efficacy. For anyone who spends long days in bankside vegetation, relief is at last on the horizon The post A Lyme disease vaccine is finally in sight for anglers appeared first on Trout and...

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Two new Wheelyboats launched at Draycote Water

Disabled fly-fishers have two new reasons to head for Draycote Water this summer, after a pair of purpose-built Wheelyboats was launched at the Warwickshire reservoir on 28 July. Each has a hydraulic platform that lowers for step-free boarding, so a wheelchair user can board, navigate and operate th...

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Game 2 months ago

Honey-glazed trout bites recipe

Sian Hughes turns two rainbow trout fillets into bite-sized pieces in a sticky Asian-style honey glaze, served on jasmine rice with a crunchy salad. It is a light summer lunch that takes about 25 minutes from cold kitchen to table The post Honey-glazed trout bites recipe appeared first on Trout and...

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A link in the chain: how the Deer Hair Emerger came about

Bob Wyatt on the parachute hackle, the Klinkhåmer and the old Grey Duster, and how putting two and two together at the vice produced the Deer Hair Emerger. It cost him a job and a marriage, and he would do it again The post A link in the chain: how the Deer Hair Emerger came about appeared first on...

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A tale to be told: the fly that waited 26 years

Bob Preston tied half a dozen washed-out olives in a Wharfedale B&B the night before the 1991 River National, and never got to fish them. Twenty-six years later, on a Test tributary in a hatch of lesser spurwings, three of them were still in the box The post A tale to be told: the fly that waite...

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Grazers, not hunters: how reservoir trout have changed

England international Steve Cullen has watched reservoir trout give up hunting and take to grazing, cruising and picking off whatever is easiest. It has changed how we fish for them, and made the washing line the default answer to everything The post Grazers, not hunters: how reservoir trout have ch...

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Thrills in the jungle: fly fishing for carp at Sutton Bingham

England youth international Lydia Thomas stalks carp from 1lb to well over 20lb in the tree-lined margins of a Somerset reservoir, where a hooked fish knows exactly which branch to wrap you round The post Thrills in the jungle: fly fishing for carp at Sutton Bingham appeared first on Trout and Salmo...

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DNA evidence reopens the debate on salmon stocking

New DNA evidence from the River Carron in Wester Ross suggests carefully managed stocking can help rescue salmon rivers pushed to the brink. WildFish is unconvinced, and even the study's authors call hatcheries a bridging strategy rather than a substitute for habitat recovery The post DNA evidence r...

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A third of Irish wild salmon carry farmed genes

The most comprehensive study of its kind has found farmed-fish genes in more than a third of Ireland's wild salmon populations, a result that will alarm anyone who prizes the wild salmon of the west. Researchers want mandatory genetic monitoring, rapid sampling after farm breaches and stricter conta...

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Campaigners say most English riverbanks are off limits

Almost three quarters of England's riverbanks are off limits to the public, according to new figures from the Right to Roam campaign that are likely to reignite a fraught debate over access. For anglers and the owners of fishing beats the campaign cuts both ways The post Campaigners say most English...

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Best salmon fly-boxes: five of the best on test

A salmon angler has to carry tube-flies, shank patterns such as Waddingtons and Intruders, and singles, doubles and trebles besides, which asks more of a box than a slotted foam lid can give. Rob Hardy picks five fly-box solutions that handle the lot, from a £14.99 workhorse to a handmade leather wa...

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Forgotten at sea: the salmon we are not counting

Hannah Rudd, head of marine at the Angling Trust, on the salmon dying unrecorded in nets and trawls a few miles offshore, and why the river alone will never save them The post Forgotten at sea: the salmon we are not counting appeared first on Trout and Salmon.

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Rivers could be studied for a new Natural History GCSE

Britain's waters could soon be on the school timetable, with a government consultation under way on a new GCSE in Natural History for England in which freshwater habitats feature prominently. The qualification would require 20 hours of fieldwork, and rivers are among the habitats pupils could survey...

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Drought spreads: salmon rescued from England’s shrinking rivers

Four more areas are officially in drought after the driest July in 190 years, with salmon and trout the main species being rescued from failing rivers The post Drought spreads: salmon rescued from England’s shrinking rivers appeared first on Trout and Salmon.

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Tweed Forum launches River Tweed Gin to fund salmon tree planting

Borders charity Tweed Forum has launched River Tweed Gin, distilled at Selkirk Distillery using botanicals foraged from the riverbank. Seven pounds from every bottle will fund the native tree planting that keeps the Tweed's water cool and clean enough for its Atlantic salmon The post Tweed Forum lau...

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Salmon sonar counts: 904 on the Laxford, 6,147 on the Deveron

Third year of Core Rivers sonar counting records the salmon coming home to two Scottish rivers, and shows why rod catches alone mislead The post Salmon sonar counts: 904 on the Laxford, 6,147 on the Deveron appeared first on Trout and Salmon.

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Sea 2 months ago

MINI MARLIN

For many sea anglers, garfish are little more than a colourful summer diversion – something to catch while waiting for mackerel, or entertaining youngsters on a harbour wall. That does them a serious disservice. Properly targeted on balanced tackle, these visual predators offer some of the most exci...

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Draught horse harrows the Coln to clean gravels for spawning trout

Harry, an eight-year-old Comtois, does in 10 minutes what takes a river keeper most of a day, and leaves the bank undamaged The post Draught horse harrows the Coln to clean gravels for spawning trout appeared first on Trout and Salmon.

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