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ISSUE 490

Flies & Tips for

WINTER

Catch active trout in the cold TAVISTOCK

25 TOP YEARS

A Devon water celebrates

INSTRUCTION

FISH IN A MIST Does fog affect fishing?

WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS

Why England fail abroad

BEWL WATER

FRY HOTSPOTS Where to fish late season

ADVENTURE

MONGOLIA

Great views & lenok trout

Contents

BE INSPIRED

FLY-TYING

COVER STORY

Russ Symons visits stunning Tavistock Trout Fishery as it celebrates its 25th anniversary

Peter Gathercole ties a nymphy lure for clear catch and release waters

TACTICS

60 Easy tying

Fred Bainbridge deals with coloured water conditions at Lancashire’s Bank House Fishery

62 Flymasters

Cover image: Peter Gathercole

6 Heavenly places

57 Mobile Hare’s Ear

Step-by-step instructions for tying a Woolly Worm

12 Cracking the colour code We reveal the top winter lures from round six – and set a new fly-tying challenge

18 Haar’d but not impossible COVER STORY Does fog influence fishing prospects?

Jeff Prest teams up with James Gardiner at Coldingham Loch

OFFERS

Robbie Winram looks at the latest tackle including Wychwood’s RS rods

Gareth Jones highlights the killer foam flies that have worked for him

72 NEW Airflo Forge floating line COVER STORY Robbie Winram and Peter Gathercole put this latest line through its paces

FOCUS ON...

76 Reader offer Save up to £72 when you order an Orvis Access mid-arbor reel

33 Winter fishing

74 Fly-tying products

COVER STORY

Rob Edmunds’ tips for catching in the cold on reservoirs and small waters

Three Fritz materials for all your tying needs, plus how to use the Petitjean Magic Tool

WHERE TO FISH

OPINION & NEWS

Four stillwater trout fisheries from Devon to West Lothian worth a visit this month

COVER STORY Latest stories including a potential trout record, plus the Scottish stillwater scene

37 UK waters

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an-up Cle Our Bankside Campaign Clean-up 2016 campaign continues to gain momentum with more fisheries asking for the poster and creating their own bins for discarded leaders. Spread the message…we can do this.

WHERE TO FIND US...

67 New gear

24 The foam party

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TACKLE

78 News

80 Letters Trout Fisherman readers have their say

40 Spotlight on Bewl Water

82 Cockwill

COVER STORY

We reveal the Kent reservoir’s winter hotspots

Peter Cockwill on the passing of a legend in the world of fly-tying

42 Mongolian adventure

84 Troutmasters

Globe-trotter David Lewis fishes remote freestone rivers in search of grayling and lenok trout

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COVER STORY

90 Match news COVER STORY Why England don’t travel well in the World Championships

ADVICE

48 Advice Squad

94 First of the summer trout

Our panel of experts answer your questions on line memory, starter kits, leader rings and lots more...

John Glanfield reflects on an annual pilgrimage to Rutland Water that now runs to 40 years

52 How to...

98 Wading in

Paul Procter discusses the main types of bite indicators and explains how to fish them

Jeff Prest on the news that thousands of rainbows have escaped into the sea!

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TACTICS Catch m

ore w late season ith stillwater t ips

Cracking the COLOUR CODE

We all love water clarity but maybe hungry fish see further than we think. Waiting for feeding time brings Fred Bainbridge a grand finale after a Lancashire downpour

The start of a long but ultimately fruitful day, as Fred casts in the shadow of the Bank House lodge.

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TACTICS MEDIUM WATERS Words & pictures: Jeffrey Prest

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Haar’d but not IMPOSSIBLE

It doesn’t look one of the more optimistic weather scenarios but even as a Scottish haar or sea fog devours Coldingham Loch, James Gardiner demonstrates that the fishing can still be good. At least, we think it’s him…

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TACTICS FOAM FLIES Words: Gareth Jones Pictures: Peter Gathercole

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The foam PARTY Gareth Jones highlights the killer foam flies that serve him well...

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FOCUS ON Tips,

tactics & fl ies to keep cat ching in the cold

Your best WINTER EVER! Rob Edmunds’ tips for reservoirs and small waters

W

INTER can be a challenging time for anglers, yet it also gives the opportunity to catch the fish of a lifetime.

On most reservoirs stocking stops from September meaning any fish caught will be well mended or overwintered. Larger fish

have left the safety of the deep water and come into the shallows to feed, trying to maintain their body weight with fry, shrimps and snail. Weed beds are dying back and it presents us with new areas to fish and ample opportunities to catch them.

On the smaller stillwaters it’s a similar story. The resident fish – those returned,

hooked and lost or those that sulked in the depths all season – will now want to sustain their body weight so they simply have to eat. Fishery managers also tend to stock the larger fish in the winter months, because they’ll be better suited to the colder water temperatures and higher oxygen levels.

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WHERE TO FISH MONGOLIA Words & pictures: David Lewis

Mongolian ADVENTURE Globe-trotter David Lewis takes a bus ride through vast deserted plains to ďŹ sh remote streams for grayling and lenok trout...

A bus ride through Khan country towards trout and grayling streams.

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