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Norfolk river trout given help to reach spawning ground

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Trout Fisherman, 08 March 2010 11:34

Fish in Norfolk’s River Nar have been given assistance in reaching their spawning grounds. Brown and sea trout, the latter entering the Nar from the sea at King’s Lynn, have previously struggled to negotiate a three feet-high weir at nearby Pentney but now the Environment Agency and the Wild Trout Trust have spent £10,000 on special ramps to help the ...

 

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Norfolk river trout given help to reach spawning ground

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Trout Fisherman,
08 March 2010 11:34

Fish in Norfolk’s River Nar have been given assistance in reaching their spawning grounds. Brown and sea trout, the latter entering the Nar from the sea at King’s Lynn, have previously struggled to negotiate a three feet-high weir at nearby Pentney but now the Environment Agency and the Wild Trout Trust have spent £10,000 on special ramps to help the ...

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Trout and salmon eggs saved by Rivers Trust staff

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Trout Fisherman, 13 January 2010 12:22

Rivers Trust staff braved the snows of north-east Scotland to rescue some 100,000 fertilised salmon and trout eggs, after a hatchery collapsed on the Drummuir Estate near Keith. Several feet of snow had built up at the tunnel-type hatchery, which eventually collapsed despite attempts to support the structure with timber. The accumulation of snow and ice not only made the ...

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New Zealand trout anglers benefit from mice population explosion

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Trout Fisherman, 11 January 2010 16:39

While the talk on this side of the world is of frozen rivers and impassable roads, trout fishing is booming Down Under, where a population explosion in mice is being credited with some mighty browns falling to New Zealand anglers. Fish and Game manager Maurice Rodway, whose son Ewen caught a 10lb fish on Boxing Day, said anglers are catching ...

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Trout catch reports from Lake District stillwaters

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Trout Fisherman, 22 July 2009 11:07

On Lake District stillwaters, high water temperatures and heavy showers have made fishing intermittent. Trout have been rising at Bigland but are reluctant to take dries. Damsel nymphs or lures have been an effective alternative. At Esthwaite Water, fish are between 10 and 20 feet down and focusing on daphnia and fry. Fast sinking lines and lures, often on the ...

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Great catch returns recorded at Midlands trout venues

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Trout Fisherman, 15 July 2009 09:21

Last week saw 284 anglers take 604 fish at Draycote Water. The best was a 7lb 12oz brown caught from a boat near the Draycote Dam. The week’s best rainbow tipped the scales at 8lb 12oz. The best areas for boats have been the Cornfield and Draycote Dam. Bank areas have varied with the wind, but Cornfield, Rainbow Corner, Tower ...

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Huge brown trout from Chew Valley reservoir

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Trout and Salmon, 09 July 2009 14:45

This cracking grown-on 9 1/4 lb brown trout was caught by Gwyn Williams from the Roman Shallows area of Chew Valley reservoir, Bristol. Chew has produced a few superbly conditioned over-wintered brownies this year. Gwyn's fish took a size 12 green holographic Diawl Bach fished on a midge-tip line. Gwyn has entered his fish into Trout and Salmon magazine's Sharpe's ...

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Somerset trout fishing prospects

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Trout Fisherman, 24 June 2009 11:15

Bank and boat fishing at Chew Valley, near Bristol, improved quickly after a restocking early last week, according to a report in The Wiltshire Times. The Times said that fish have been found very close inshore at Wick, Nunnery, Woodford, Walley and North Shore, with early morning and late evening being the best times and most fish succumbing to dries ...

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Monstrous 20lb trout caught from loch Damph

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Trout and Salmon, 19 June 2009 12:56

A very special trout entered in Trout and Salmon's May Fish of the Month competition has been given its own category and prize pending the results of a scale reading. Captor Robert Cowe believes the 20 lb trout to be a brown but it could be a sea-trout. Either way the fish took a size 12 Black Pennell and took 40 minutes to ...

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Fly fishing holiday courses in the Yorkshire Dales

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Trout and Salmon, 05 June 2009 11:33

The Field Studies Council are pleased to announce that an additional short course has been added to the already successful fly fishing holiday course itinerary held at the Malham Tarn Field Centre. This centre is one of seventeen Centres in the UK run by the FSC, an independent educational charity, which promotes a better understanding of our environment. Full Week ...

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Cracking chub catch while trout fishing!

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Paul dodd, 20 April 2009 22:28

Hi -  caught this chub tonight - whilst after brown trout on a Cheshire river - (Ledgered worm) my daughter Hannah Boulby is holding the fish - measured approx 32 inches, still slightly lean - best guess is around the 10lb mark. I  had a 9lb 4oz one a few years back (again whilst after trout) that I weighed -  and ...

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