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ISSUE 513

LEARN HOW TO

▪ Fish Sedges ▪ Tackle upland lakes ▪ Exploit springs ▪ Catch deep down DESTINATIONS

FIRE & ICE

River browns from Iceland

RESERVOIRS

EYEBROOK

Dry flies for corixa feeders

WHERE TO FISH

LADYBOWER

Late summer tactics & flies

FLY -TYING

SEDGE PUPA

Tie a deadly summer fly

Cover image by: Media Drum World / Alamy Stock Photo

Contents

BE INSPIRED

FLY-TYING

Peter Gathercole and pals enjoy the newly-opened West Ranga’s wild browns

COVER STORY Peter Gathercole’s step-by-step instructions for a late summer fly

6 Jet off to Iceland COVER STORY

TACTICS 12 Cool springs

COVER STORY Peter Cockwill takes advantage of Bigwell Fishery’s cold water on a scorching hot day

18 Bring me sunshine

COVER STORY Nick Halstead’s tips on how to catch in the heat on small waters

24 Catch corixa feeders

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74 Reader offer

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Phil Dixon picks his top September fly patterns

70 Flymasters

Peter Gathercole judges your terrestrial imitations and sets a new fly-tying challenge

COVER STORY Robbie Winram reviews the latest gear including Daiwa Wilderness rods and Vision Vibe line

COVER STORY

10 top tips to beat fish taking short

32 Cast down the line

Target brown trout lying along the edge of the weed line at an upland water COVER STORY

The stages to imitate and top patterns

75 New gear

80 Fly-tying products

Cam-lever vices, threads and feathers

OPINION & NEWS 74 Book reviews

Jeffrey Prest reviews two recent additions to the fly-fishing library

WHERE TO FISH

82 News

Four top trout fisheries to visit this month

84 Letters

39 UK waters

42 Dry fly, Italian style

Latest news from the trout scene

Trout Fisherman readers have their say

Central Italy’s Nera river is a classic dry fly stream well worth investigation

86 Cockwill

46 La Cascade

87 Junior Troutmasters final

A newly-established fishery in northern France

50 Spotlight on...

COVER STORY

Ladybower Reservoir in Derbyshire

ADVICE

52 Advice squad

TF’s experts answer your fly-fishing questions

56 How to...

Beat the heat on rivers

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68 Fastmail flies

30 Taps to takes!

COVER STORY

JOIN OUR COMMUNITY

Russ Symons ties an Elk Hair Caddis, one of the most popular adult sedge imitations

TACKLE

37 Sedge

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64 Flybox fillers

COVER STORY Gareth Jones catches free-rising trout on dries at Eyebrook Reservoir

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61 Soft-hackle Sedge Pupa

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Why we should respect our fish farmers A full report from Thrunton Long Crag and the excellent standard of the youngsters taking part

91 Troutmasters

Are you among this month’s badge winners?

95 Iain Barr

The importance of the Booby-Basher sinking line

98 Wading in

Jeff Prest’s funny observations from the Junior Troutmasters final

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THIS MONTH’S WINNER

An 8lb 4oz rainbow from Avington.

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Words & pictures: Peter Gathercole

Guide Gummi plays a strong fish off the West Range river.

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Enjoy rodb wild river ending bro trout actio wn n

Jet off to ICELAND

Not much more than two-and-a-half hours from the UK you can enjoy some incredible wild brown trout sport. Peter Gathercole investigates...

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Words: Peter Cockwill Pictures: Peter Gathercole

COOL SPRINGS Peter Cockwill visits Bigwell Fishery on a scorching hot day to take advantage of its cold water and quality trout ...

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TACTICS How to

cat high summ ch in er small wate on rs

Peter Cockwill quickly shows off a stunning 14lb rainbow from Bigwell.

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TACTICS SMALL WATERS Words & pictures: Jeffrey Prest

Bring me SUNSHINE

The papers might be full of HOTTER THAN BENIDORM! headlines but that doesn’t mean the fishing’s stone-cold. Just pick your time and place…

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Don’t write off that sweltering millpond.

There may be more going on down there than you think...

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TACTICS RESERVOIRS Words: Gareth Jones Pictures: Peter Gathercole

Airflo’s Gareth Jones enjoys some of Eyebrook’s frantic surface action.

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Catch corixa FEEDERS

Gareth Jones enjoys a bumper dry fly session catching free-rising trout at Eyebrook...

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TACTICS UPLAND WATERS Words & pictures: Mike Thrussell

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Mike Thrussell adopts the roving approach, fishing along weedbeds.

CAST DOWN THE LINE Mike Thrussell catches wild browns along the edge of the weed line on a Welsh upland water...

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