Trout & Salmon, May 2020 (Issue Preview)

INCORPORATING TROUT & SALMON MAY 2020

The besT TrouT river in europe? • Washing-line masTerclass • grannom carnival • hoW To smoke TrouT • salmon aT garynahine

THE VOICE OF GAME-FISHING SINCE 1955

The best trout river in Europe?

The secrets of the Suir revealed

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WORLD’S BEST FLIES Far-flung patterns that work in the UK

Dream team

Who’d be in your ultimate salmon party?

A WASHING-LINE MASTERCLASS

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C O V E R I M A G E : S U I R B R O W N T R O U T, B Y P E T E R G AT H E R C O L E

Contents

MAY 2020

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64 INSPIRATION

ADVICE

COMMENT

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44 How to smoke your catch

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Editor’s letter

50 Making the most of the grannom hatch

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First Cast

Trophies in Tipperary

24 Invicta Club visits Grafham Water 40 Sandy Leventon’s treasured tackle 82 Chasing grilse at Garynahine 93 Who to include in your fishing party?

90 Stan Headley’s olive patterns for the lochs

20 On the River with Marina Gibson 22 Letters to the editor 37 Simon Cooper’s chalkstream diary 39 Bob White is The Gillie 138 Giles Catchpole dabbles his droppers

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THE STILLWATER ANGLER

TACKLE & FLY-TYING

REGULARS

64 Celebrating the glorious rainbows at Norfolk’s Narborough Lakes

34 Tying the Orkney Peach Hog

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109 Fishing reports

70 Inside Jimmy Millar’s fly-box 72 How to master the washing-line 76 Our experts help to improve your catches

New flies from around the world

89 Ross Macdonald admires the Green Highlander 100 New tackle for 2020 104 Going afloat? Review our checklist 107 The latest fly-tying products

Gallery

126 Troutmasters 130 Reader offer 131 Crossword 132 Property 135 Fish of the Month 5

The top of the River Suir's Roxburgh beat with the Knockmealdown mountains in the distance.

Trophies in Tipperary

Rob Hardy discovers a lush and beautiful river in southern Ireland that is full of huge golden-brown trout

JOIN THE CLUB

THERE’S NO PLACE LIKE HOME Invicta Fly Fishing Club is proud to call Grafham Water its home fishery, but superb trout sport is only one reason why membership is thriving

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Invicta members at Grafham Water pontoon (left to right): Steve Harding, Colin Newton, Allan Sefton, Alan Briggs, David Moore and Pete Brewer.

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SMOKING IS GOOD FOR YOU Jon Beer explains how with little more than a cardboard box and a handful of sawdust you can transform the taste of your catch

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INCORPORATING

THE STILLWATER ANGLER Your monthly guide to trout fishing on stocked lakes and reservoirs

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WELCOME TO MY FISHERY

Why Narborough Lakes stocks a better stamp of rainbow trout

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WHAT’S IN YOUR BOX?

Scottish all-rounder Jimmy Millar shares his favourite flies

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THE KNOWLEDGE

Rob Edmunds explains how to master the washing line

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TROUT-FISHERS’ SURGERY Improve your skills with advice from our panel of stillwater experts

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