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ISSUE 511
Phil Dixon's tips for summer
CATCH ON TERRESTRIALS
Fish the fall!
SMALL WATERS
GO STALKING Avington's rise to form
WHERE TO FISH
PIKE ON FLY
Stunning fish from Holland
FISHERY FOCUS
TACKLE
RESCOBIE LOCH GEAR ON TEST Summer hotspots & flies
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Contents
BE INSPIRED
58 How to...
COVER STORY In his 90th year, actor Bernard Cribbins is honoured for his services to angling
62 Tackle advice
TACTICS
FLY-TYING
TF visits this iconic small stillwater which has undergone a recent makeover
Step-by-step to an easy Olive dry fly
Cover image by: Peter Gathercole
6 Well done Mr Cribbins
10 All-action Avington COVER STORY
15 There’s always a way
Overcoming shallow water and sunny conditions at Tullich Fishery in Aberdeenshire
20 Living in the shadows
OFFERS 46 Subscription offer
Mike Thrussell targets the dark water drop-offs at Llyn Alwen in North Wales
26 Staying afloat
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32 Dutch doubles
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COVER STORY
Float-tubing tactics at Thrybergh near
Matt Roberts goes tubing in Holland to catch huge pike on fly COVER STORY
37 They’re on the hoglouse!
If you think sport at Grafham revolves around shrimp and buzzers – think again COVER STORY
FOCUS ON... 42 The olive hatch
To fish the fly correctly you must know its behaviour
WHERE TO FISH
66 Flybox fillers
Russ Symons ties a highly effective Squirrel Nymph
70 Fastmail flies of the month Six top patterns to try this summer
72 Flymasters
Peter Gathercole judges your flies tied to tempt daphnia-feeding trout and sets a new challenge
TACKLE 77 New gear
COVER STORY Robbie Winram reviews the latest gear including rods, waders and fly boxes
82 Fly-tying products
Tying with Scruffy Dubbing, coloured resins and fluorescent floss
OPINION & NEWS 84 News
What’s hot and who caught what?
86 Letters
Trout Fisherman readers have their say
89 Airflo Spring Invitational
52 Free fishing on the Itchen
90 Troutmasters
Summer hotspots at Rescobie Loch
You can fish a free stretch of this world famous river in Winchester
ADVICE
TF’s experts answer your questions on improving catch rate in a rise and coping with a caenis hatch
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63 No-hackle Dun
50 Spotlight on...
54 Advice squad
JOIN OUR COMMUNITY
Simon Kidd advises on fishing vest choices
88 Cockwill
COVER STORY
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Catch with terrestrials
47 UK waters
Four top waters to visit this month
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Peter embarks on a new chapter in life Results and tactics from this inaugural competition Are you among this month’s badge winners?
95 Match news
The 2018 Spring Loch-style Home International
98 Wading in
Jeff Prest examines where stillwaters might be heading in the future
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THIS MONTH’S WINNER
A wild brown taken on a Dunkeld in a big wave on Loch Doon. Sent in by Robert Reid
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Well done MR CRIBBINS
Now in his 90th year, actor and all-round entertainer Bernard Cribbins is honoured by the great and the good of our sport for his services to angling...
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Bernard hooks a trout at Dever with his wife Gillian looking on.
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Words: Russell Hill Pictures: Peter Gathercole
All-action AVINGTON
One of the most iconic small waters in the UK has undergone a makeover with the promise of more improvements to come...
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TACTICS Stalking
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TACTICS SMALL STILLWATERS Words & pictures: Jeffrey Prest
There’s always a way... Shallow water, shifting winds and brilliant sunshine, yet still Peter Cockwill found a way to prevail at a beautiful Aberdeenshire fishery...
Peter casts against Tullich’s stunning mountain vista.
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TACTICS RESERVOIRS Words: Phil Dixon Pictures: Peter Gathercole
Marrowspoons packed full of hoglouse is not something we see everyday.
Going the WHOLE HOG
We tend to think that trout food at Grafham revolves around shrimp and buzzers. Phil Dixon finds them feasting on hoglouse... www.troutfisherman.co.uk
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TACTICS RESERVOIRS Words & pictures: Mike Thrussell
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Mike Thrussell releases a rainbow taken from Llyn Alwen’s drop-off.
Living in the SHADOWS
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TACTICS RESERVOIRS Words & pictures: Jeffrey Prest
STAYING AFLOAT
Two anglers (and their catch) make a compelling case for keeping a South Yorkshire reservoir alive for fly-fishing...
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Paul James took this fine Thrybergh rainbow in front of the dam.
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TACTICS PIKE ON FLY Words & pictures: Matt Roberts
Dutch DOUBLES
The terrain might be flat in the Netherlands but the pike can be much more lumpy. Matt Roberts takes the ‘tube’ to get amongst them...
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Edwin Kerssies shows why he was christened ‘The Pikemaster’...
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