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Welsh Fly Fair comes to Pontardawe

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Trout and Salmon, 09 March 2010 14:33

THE RAPIDLY growing Welsh Fly Fair will take place this year on April 3 and promises a host of big names in the fly-tying and game-fishing world. It is also known as the Fisherman’s Fair and this gives a clue to its broader scope. In the featured fly tying theatre – with large screen for detailed viewing – will be ...

 

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Welsh Fly Fair comes to Pontardawe

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Trout and Salmon,
09 March 2010 14:33

THE RAPIDLY growing Welsh Fly Fair will take place this year on April 3 and promises a host of big names in the fly-tying and game-fishing world. It is also known as the Fisherman’s Fair and this gives a clue to its broader scope. In the featured fly tying theatre – with large screen for detailed viewing – will be ...

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'Extinct' caddisfly found in Scotland

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Trout and Salmon, 08 March 2010 11:29

A caddisfly last seen in Britain in 1881 has turned up in Scotland. The tiny insect was discovered by David Pryce, one of the co-ordinators of the Riverfly Recording Schemes. It was found beside a river in Assynt, in north west Scotland while David was undertaking field work for his PhD at the University of Stirling. The Riverfly Recording Schemes ...

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Altnaharra set to re-open to salmon anglers this Easter

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Trout and Salmon, 01 March 2010 11:23

One of Scotland’s most-celebrated fishing hotels, The Altnaharra Hotel, is to reopen at Easter following a two-year closure. The new owners are father and son, Roy and Duncan Mason, both keen fishermen for more than 30 years, who aim to put the hotel back on the fishing map. Surrounded by superb scenery in the North-west Highlands, the hotel offers salmon, brown ...

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Around the world in 80 fish to showcase in London

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Trout and Salmon, 01 March 2010 11:16

This picture of an autumn salmon on the Miramichi River in New Brunswick, Canada can be seen in St James’s, London for the next few weeks. The acrylic on board study is by Richard J Smith, himself a game-fisherman, whose show, “Around the world in 80 fish, from minnows to marlin” will be at Frost & Reed, 2-4 King Street, St ...

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River Nith sport opens to various bankside ceremonies

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Trout and Salmon, 26 February 2010 12:41

After some of the biggest floods of recent times, during the autumn and winter of 2009, the River Nith opened yesterday, February 25th with small ceremonies held on more than one location along the river. A hardy bunch of anglers and supporters turned out in Dumfries shortly before 9 am to toast the river and the hopes of good sport in the 2010 ...

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Win an Autumn day's fishing on the River Tweed

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Trout and Salmon, 25 February 2010 11:38

A fly-fishing competition to be run by a Borders angling club in May offers something for everyone: trout fishing on St Mary's Angling Club in the Scottish Borders – and the chance to win a day’s salmon fishing on the Tweed in October/November. The club fundraiser will be held on May 16 and the first prize includes the Tweed day and ...

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Thousands of salmon return to Welsh rivers

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Trout and Salmon, 23 February 2010 11:53

Once thickened black with coal, Welsh rivers are now seeing the return of thousands of salmon, it has emerged this week. In 2009 the Environment Agency Wales and several local angling groups saw huge increases in numbers of the game fish on several venues, including the Taff, Ebbw, Ely and Neath. The news is the culmination of a 20-year clean-up ...

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Scottish sporting estates market still lively, say experts

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Trout and Salmon, 16 February 2010 15:06

Proof, perhaps, that the rich don’t have recessions, it seems that the economic downturn in just about everything else doesn’t apply to Scottish sporting estates. That’s the view of property consultancy firm CKD Galbraith, which insists that buyers are actively looking to purchase such estates, having sat out the worst of the recent slump. There was competition for each traditional ...

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Fancy taking part in the Trout Stream Management workshop?

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Trout and Salmon, 11 February 2010 14:13

The Eden Rivers Trust is hosting a workshop on March 23 and 24 at the Tufton Arms Hotel, Appleby. The two-day practical workshop, entitled Trout Stream Management in the Real World, is aimed at those individuals and organisations involved with trout stream management and will include the launch of the Wild Trout Trust’s Upland Rivers Habitat Manual. ERT director Simon Johnson ...

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Could you be the next AAPGAI fly fishing instructor?

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Trout and Salmon, 09 February 2010 14:59

The AAPGAI are providing training workshops in locations across the UK this spring with the aim of finding the next generation of fly teaching instructors.  They are offering potential candidates the opportunity to meet and spend time with three of their senior assessors to understand the requirements of the AAPGAI syllabi. Individual and group tuition during the two days will give candidates the right ...

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