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KILLER TIPS

FRY! Essential flies & tactics for catching bigger fish close in

EXPERT ADVICE

MODERN WETS

Old favourites...new twists

RESERVOIRS

ESTHWAITE

Late-season hotspots

ADVENTURES

ARGENTINA

Golden dorado on the fly!

FLY-TYING

TIE A FISH FRY Follow our easy guide

Contents

BE INSPIRED

62 How to...

COVER STORY TF contributors recall their memorable catches on the fry. Plus 20 killer tips

66 Snowbee advice

TACTICS

FLY-TYING

Iain Barr and Dave Shipman target Grafham’s shrimp feeders in just a foot of water

COVER STORY Follow Peter Gathercole’s step-by-step to a top fry pattern

Use floatant on dry flies

Cover image by: Peter Gathercole

6 Early morning fry-up

12 Shrimpy shallows

70 Flymasters

24 Long live wets

74 Flybox fillers

28 How to fish a just-opened water

TACKLE

TF discusses the current status of traditional wet flies and their modern twists COVER STORY

40 Reader offer

Get 40% off a Hardy shadow fly rod

Follow our guide to dealing with a newly-opened venue – in this case Turnaface Fishery in Ireland

56 Subscription offer

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FOCUS ON...

34 Size matters

Rob Edmunds reveals his new hybrid pattern that’s proving deadly on hard-fished waters COVER STORY

WHERE TO FISH 41 UK waters

Four top fisheries to visit this month

an-up Our Bankside Cle Campaign Clean-up 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.

Peter Cockwill visits Brick Farm Lakes and finds a fishery set for a bright future

50 Spotlight on...

Esthwaite Water in the Lake District

52 Gold rush COVER STORY

in Argentina

Dave Lewis hunts for golden dorado

TF’s panel of experts answer your questions

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77 New gear

COVER STORY Robbie Winram reviews the latest gear including jackets, rods, waders and accessories

Spotlight on picric-dyed materials, a buggy dubbing and a mini hair stacker

OPINION & NEWS 84 News

What’s new on the trout scene plus Scottish news

85 Cockwill

A big fan of the single fly, Peter Cockwill can also see the logic in multiple fly set-ups

Trout Fisherman readers have their say on all manner of subjects

88 Troutmasters

Are you among this month’s badge winners?

92 Sportfish Team Championships Team Airflo reveal their winning tactics

95 Match news

Iain Barr’s report from the Autumn Menteith international

ADVICE

58 Advice squad

Russ Symons ties a Rough Buzzer

86 Letters

44 Sussex charm

COVER STORY

Your small fry patterns are judged by Peter Gathercole who also sets a new tying challenge

82 Fly-tying products

32 Back-end fry bash

How to catch a late-season fry-feeding trout plus seven top fry patterns

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67 Polar Fry

19 Coping with conditions

How to cope when everything seems to be going against you. Jeff Prest visits Parkview fishery

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98 Angling legend Lefty Kreh Jeff Prest takes a look at the main man

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Early morning FRY-UP T

Exciting, explosive and visual, fry-feeding time offers the kind of sport worth getting up early for. TF contributors recall their memorable catches

HE editor’s first few outings as a fledgling fly angler saw him fishing from Rutland’s Fantasy Island on an autumn day. It didn’t matter that he couldn’t cast far. All that mattered was that the fish were on fry and nomatter how he presented that Minkie, he had

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incredible takes – ferocious in fact as hungry rainbows battered into his offering.

So it doesn’t matter whether you’re experienced or a newcomer, you too can savour magical sport right now.

How many times has a relative beginner caught a huge trout at fry time?

Countless times. Just beef up your tackle, set the alarm for 4am and get down to the reservoir.

When you’re there enjoying the solitude you’ll never regret it.

Turn the page to read some of our contributors’ memorable fry-feeding sessions.

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Words: Russell Hill Pictures: Peter Gathercole

Shrimpy SHALLOWS Grafham shrimps are a main attraction in autumn. Iain Barr and Dave Shipman enjoy a dawn raid in around a foot of water...

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TACTICS WET FLIES

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Long live WETS

As autumn winds gather pace, TF discusses traditional wet flies and their modern twists...

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Words: Rob Edmunds Pictures: Peter Gathercole

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SIZE MATTERS Rob Edmunds’ experiments have created a small Booby/FAB hybrid that’s perfect for spooky fish and hard-fished waters...

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Sussex CHARM Peter Cockwill visits Brick Farm Lakes and finds a fishery set for a bright future ...

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