Salmon & sea trout
The swing, the spate and the code that goes with them.
Species · 14 min read
Atlantic Salmon
A fish that does not feed, yet takes a fly. The swing, the take, and the discipline to do neither too much nor too little.
Cast 45° across. Don't strike — lift to 11 o'clock.
Species · 5 min read
Last Chance Salmon: Reading the Autumn Spate
Why the back-end salmon take on the falling river, not the rising one — and how to read the gauge, the colour and the cold.
Fish the fall. Weak tea.
Species · 13 min read
Salmon: The Long Decline
From Victorian excess to Megan Boyd's minimalism to the conservation crisis that now defines the pursuit.
Victorian excess → Boyd minimalism → modern tubes
Species · 5 min read
Leave the Redds Alone
How to recognise a redd, why wading destroys the next generation, and what to do instead.
Pale, cleaned gravel. Mainly Nov–Jan.