‘Trout’ Archives
Yorkshire Fish Movements Ban Lifted
Yorkshire trout farmers (my local area) were relieved yesterday as a ban on fish movements from the Greater Ouse catchment area was lifted. The first ever UK mainland case of viral haemorrhagic septicaemia (VHS) - a deadly disease to fish, but not humans - was discovered more than two years ago at a fishery in Nidderdale, North Yorkshire, in [...]
Shetland Sea Trout Back in Droves
After 20 years of recording terrible catch rates for sea trout, anglers on the Shetland Isles could have been forgiven for giving up hope of catching a sea trout in the Isle's lochs and burns, but two decades of no more than ten sea trout per year were turned on their head in 2007, with a total of 471 caught: nearly 50 times the yearly [...]
Rex Hunt Fishes England
Rex Hunt, the ebullient Australian TV fisherman took some time fly fishing in England, as he visited Rooksbury Mill trout fishery in Andover. Watch how he gets on: (more...)
