Trout & Salmon, April 2020 (Issue Preview)

INCORPORATING TROUT & SALMON APRIL 2020

Wild about rivers

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THE STILLWATER ANGLER 18 pages of methods, flies and advice

New season tactics and tackle for running water

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21 MODERN NYMPHS • CORNWALL’S DE LANK RIVER • BEETLE TACTICS • WHICH SINKER? • EDEN CLUB WATER • A FIRST RIVER TROUT

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Contents

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70 INSPIRATION

ADVICE

COMMENT

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46 Nymphs to start the season

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Editor’s letter

80 Live the dream of wild river trout

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First Cast

90 Top loch flies for shrimp-feeders

22 On the River with Marina Gibson

93 Fine-tune your salmon fishing

24 Readers’ letters

Isolated trout on Cornwall’s De Lank river

28 Fish superb club fly water at a snip 44 Treasured items from an angler’s life in fishing 52

Spring means beetles on the menu

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Simon Cooper’s chalkstream diary

43 Bob White is ‘The Gillie’ 138 Last Cast goes to Giles Catchpole 4

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62 THE STILLWATER ANGLER

TACKLE & FLY-TYING

REGULARS

62 A warm welcome at Wiltshire’s Manningford fishery

38 Salmon tubes in the modern style

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100 Tempting tackle new on the market

109 Fishing reports

104 Checklist for chasing salmon in spring

126 Troutmasters

68 We peak into ‘Big’ Dave’s fly-box 70 Guide to sinking lines in spring 74

Our experts help improve your sport

106 The latest fly-tying tools and materials

Gallery

130 Reader offer 131 Crossword 132 Property 134 Fish of the Month 5

TrouT above The rock-fall

Toby Coe pursues wild, isolated brownies among the boulder-strewn pools of Cornwall’s beautiful De Lank River

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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 Meet the mastermind of Manningford trout lakes in Wiltshire

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WHAT’S IN YOUR BOX?

Rutland Water stalwart “Big” Dave Porter shares three treasured flies

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THE KNOWLEDGE

Gareth Jones explains how sinking lines behave and how to use them

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TROUT-FISHERS’ SURGERY Expert advice for better sport on reservoirs and small stillwaters

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FROM STILL TO SPARKLING Don Stazicker offers advice to stillwater anglers dreaming of catching their first wild river trout

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