INCORPORATING TROUT & SALMON JUNE 2020
Drifting below sun-chased slopes The rugged beauty of Loch Eck
Get on top of summer salmon Which mini-tip?
Smart thinking with surface flies
The lines you need when stillwaters reopen
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Stalking big river trout Can you hold your nerve?
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Contents JUNE 2020
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50 INSPIRATION 12
A nymph is de rigueur for Don Stazicker on the historic Avon
ADVICE
COMMENT
34 Stan Headley’s loch cast for summer sedges
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Editor’s letter
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First Cast
26 Fin Wilson fishes Loch Eck, a place ruled by wind and waves
50 Stalking trout in low water — Paul Procter shows how to get results
40 The tackle that has shaped sea-trout fisher John Gray
84 Jim Coates and Gordon Sim share their thoughts on surface tactics for summer salmon
20 On the River with Marina Gibson 22 Readers’ letters 37 Simon Cooper’s chalkstream diary
44 Do all wild trout spawn in rivers? 39 Bob White is The Gillie 94 Duncan Hall pursues elusive blue mahseer in the Thai jungle 4
138 Giles Catchpole resorts to his vice
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64 THE STILLWATER ANGLER
TACKLE & FLY-TYING
REGULARS
64 Peter Cockwill says expect the unusual at Hampshire’s Rockbourne Trout Fishery
58 Fun flies from America
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92 Tie this simple pattern for the mayfly hatch
111 Fishing reports
70 Take a peek inside Scottish angler John Wastle’s fly-box
Gallery
128 Troutmasters 101 Cohn’s Sunray, a salmon fly you can fish all year round
132 Reader offer
104 Shiny new tackle rated
133 Crossword
108 Our checklist for sea-trout time
134 Property
72 Advice and help from our experts 77 Gareth Jones explains how to get the most from mini-tip lines
110 New fly-tying products 5
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AT THE MERCY OF WIND AND WAVE Finlay Wilson dibbles for sea-trout and salmon along the shores of Loch Eck in Argyll
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LYING IN WAIT The heart beats faster when stalking a wild trout in low water. Paul Procter explains how he holds his nerve
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INCORPORATING
THE STILLWATER ANGLER Your monthly guide to trout fishing on lakes and reservoirs
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WELCOME TO MY FISHERY
WHAT’S IN YOUR BOX?
TROUT-FISHERS’ SURGERY
THE KNOWLEDGE
Why you’ll be spoilt for choice at Rockbourne trout fishery
Scottish all-rounder John Wastle picks his favourite “Hogs”
Reservoir and small stillwater queries answered by our expert panel
Gareth Jones explains how and when to use mini-tip lines
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FISHING REPORTS
All the latest news from our local experts. The only monthly record of catches and news from the major fisheries of England, Wales, Scotland and Ireland
TROUT MASTERS ’s badge Plus this monthEurope’s winners from fishing largest fly- n competitio See page 128
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