Trout & Salmon, June 2020 (Issue Preview)

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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