In This Issue | May 2012

On sale Friday, April 13th, 2012, Only £3.25

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  The 10 best urban trout rivers

  Theo Pike wades amidst the town centres and tube stations to reveal his favourite urban rivers, many of which offer free fishing

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  Skunked? Learn from a blank day

  Peter Lapsley says we can all learn something from a blank day

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  Fresh off the tide

  Glyn Freeman describes how moon phases and tides affect salmon and sea trout taking and running behaviour

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  Tales of Loch Maree

  Ronnie Adam recalls the ‘good old days’ on Loch Maree

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  Norski Lad wins by a head

  Mark Bowler watches Stephen Breivik tie a winning Muddler-headed attractor for the lochs

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  Tie the Twitcher – a dry fly for calm evenings

  Mick Huffer ties this superb evening fly which can persuade difficult rising fish to take it

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  A fish on every cast

  Captivated by the colourful char, Phil Cobham travelled to distant Greenland to catch one ... or more

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  Sawyer’s secret revealed

  A day spent with Frank Sawyer changed the way Mike Griffiths tied and fished his nymphs

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  Top notch!

  Malcolm Greenhalgh reports on 10 years of the British specialist fly show

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  No wonder it's called Eden

  Dave Southall says Penrith AA’s waters provide the cream of the northern fly fishing

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  Too eager for beavers?

  Mark Bowler considers the impact of the feral beavers now living on the Tay

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  The oldest trick in the book

  Paul Reddish shows how a Spaniard has spent 20 years perfecting the use of Coq de Leon to produce a dry fly with brilliance

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  Slow dance with a Mini Snapper

  Charles Jardine shows us how to tie and fish a fly specially designed to elicit a positive response from early season trout

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  Spanish bubble dance

  Neil Patterson shows how the Spanish tie their flies and fish them in a dance to attract wary trout

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  The tackle shop

  Mike Harding is transported to the golden days of his youth

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  Sandison’s Scotland

  Communication breakdown on the Tay; Factory tree-planting; Fragile farm figures from rural areas

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  Reviews …

  Magnus Angus assesses the new Mackenzie single-hander; Cortland’s Trout Boss line; the Aleka A4; and Snowbee’s Onyx reel. He also scrutinises new fly-tying products …