As the new trout fishing season spools up, the annual Wild Trout Trust charity auction is now in full flow… … offering exciting opportunities for anyone who’d like to find unusual fishing (and indeed books, artwork, fishing tackle, expert-tied flies and non-fishing experiences that can’t usually be bought). This online event is one of WTT’s […]
Archive for the tag 'Fly-fishing'
January 10 2026
Film night: Winter grayling fly-fishing in urban waters
Here’s a great little video to start 2026: an intrepid young couple fly-fishing for grayling on their local river somewhere (we think – no names, no pack drill!) in the Midlands or North of England. For urban river fans, despite the seasonal chill, there’s something warmingly familiar about the setting: sheet steel-pilings, at least […]
August 20 2025
Urban fly-fishing report: Ladies’ days on the Calder
Here at Urbantrout we’re staunch supporters of equal numbers of men and women on the water, so we’ve been especially pleased to see this Wild Trout Trust initiative going from strength to strength. Sponsored by an anonymous donor, this year’s programme has made it possible for Yorkshire-based fishing guide Phillippa Hake to take two ladies […]
March 15 2025
The Wild Trout Trust Spring Auction 2024: Lots of urban fishing for all!
Yes, it’s that time of year again, when we remind our readers that the Wild Trout Trust Spring Auction is open for bidding… As usual, this is one of the Wild Trout Trust‘s most important fundraising events of the year – enabling them to help community groups, fishing clubs, landowners and even government agencies make […]
December 20 2024
Film night: Flyfishing in London
Here’s a film we’ve been anticipating for a while: a guide to fly-fishing in and around the UK’s capital city, by Flyfishing Londoner Tim Pottage (mostly aka Tim James, we’re still not completely sure why). Tim announces up front that this video may be more for newcomers to London, or international visitors who need advice […]
September 1 2024
Trout & Salmon: Don Stazicker fishes the Goyt
It’s always a bit of a buzz to see an urban river headlining the pages of the UK’s prestigious Trout & Salmon magazine, and this month is no exception – featuring as it does a portrait of the River Goyt by regular columnist (and well-known fishing film-maker) Don Stazicker. Having previously explored the Yorkshire Calder […]
July 12 2024
Afonydd Cymru: Rivers of the Month
Readers of this blog and Trout in Dirty Places (not to mention also the Fishing in Wales website, administered by our good friend Ceri Thomas) will probably have no doubts about the merits of Wales as a fishing destination… … and now we’ve just noticed another fascinating resource that’s well worth your attention. Tucked away […]
May 24 2024
Film night: Trout and tribulations
Complete with footage from this week’s River Festival and Summit at Morden Hall on the Wandle, this new video from the one and only Amie Battams is firmly tongue-in-cheek as we’ve come to expect… … but it also carries an incredibly important message about all our rivers for everyone who’s looking after them (or should […]
April 26 2024
Fly Culture: Nick Thomas finds wildness on the Taff
Behind the frankly stunning cover image from AD Maddox, the latest issue of Pete Tyjas’s Fly Culture magazine contains the usual rich mix of writing and photography… … Dan Osmond’s right to roam on Dartmoor, Ben Jailler braving ‘The Silence of the Lagg’, Adrian Grose-Hodge interviewing Bob DeMott, Jon Brett-Harris taking riverside walks… … and […]
March 17 2024
The Wild Trout Trust charity auction 2024: Bid today!
If you’ve been reading this website for a while, you’ll know that we like to provide our readers with a curated list of urban-related lots from the Wild Trout Trust’s Spring Auction each year. That’s because WTT runs the Trout in the Town network of community groups that seeks to improve urban rivers everywhere (as […]
