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21 MODERN NYMPHS • CORNWALL’S DE LANK RIVER • BEETLE TACTICS • WHICH SINKER? • EDEN CLUB WATER • A FIRST RIVER TROUT
THE VOICE OF GAME-FISHING SINCE 1955
C O V E R I M A G E : THE EAST LYN, DEVON, BY TOBY COE
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
P68
WHAT’S IN YOUR BOX?
Rutland Water stalwart “Big” Dave Porter shares three treasured flies
P70
THE KNOWLEDGE
Gareth Jones explains how sinking lines behave and how to use them
P74
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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