Andy Ford is off to Rutland Water where the country’s top reservoir trout specialists are battling it out over two days for the title of Airflo fishing open champion. Plus there’s controversy: should the competition be catch-and-kill or catch-and-release? The anglers decide…
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It is one of the highlights of the flyfishing calendar: the Orvis Saltwater Fly Fishing Festival brings together anglers from all over the UK to see who can catch the biggest bass and mullet on a fly along 35 miles of the south coast of England. For details of the
Nice or nasty? Andy Ford is at the 2026 Airflo Spring Invitational fly fishing competition to discover what works best, a carefully crafted imitation of a real insect, or a blindingly bright ball of dayglo pink and orange. And can last year’s winners, the Nymphomaniacs, fight off the challenge from
The Wye and Usk have been great salmon rivers for thousands of years – but no longer. For Shaun Watkins, an angler who owns several beats on these Welsh rivers, the salmon have been his life. When the fish are gone, what does the future hold for people whose living
Andy Ford and Rob Hughes are at Clywedog reservoir in Wales for the opening day of the 2026 trout season. There’s a howling wind and it’s chucking it down with rain, but that isn’t going to discourage our intrepid anglers as they battle to put their flies in front of
Are they designed to catch fish or hook anglers? Andy Ford is investigating the art of flytying at the British Fly Fair International 2026. Find out more about the fair at BFFI.co.uk To watch all of Fieldsports Britain, episode 849, visit FieldsportsChannel.tv/fieldsportsbritain849 More flyfishing here:
Teams from around the UK compete for the biggest cash prize in competition flyfishing, the Greys Lochstyle Team Championship, fought on Scotland’s only freshwater lake (as opposed to loch), the Lake of Menteith. They fish ‘loch-style’, trout fishing with unweighted flies from a free-drifting boat. Scottish anglers dominated in 2024,