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May 2006: "The truth is that in the world of fly fishing there is an absolutely limitless array of challenges and difficulties waiting to be mastered." We welcome John Bailey to the Fish & Fly team More...

Renowned Spanish fly-fisherman Juan del Carmen discusses fishing for black bass in Spain More...

July 2005: Terry Lawton takes a look at the various fly fishing opportunities in his home county - Norfolk More...

May 2005: When Eduardo Marino, our Argentinian correspondent, was in Europe on business in 2004, he took the opportunity to fish in the UK. Here is his story. More...

April 2005: Finding Paradise in Patagonia - Sky Travel presenter Bill Dod writes about wonderful fishing, scenery and hospitality. More...

In his second article on trout fishing in Argentina, Eduardo Marino describes the fishing in ‘trout country’ to the south and west of Neuquén in Andean Patagonia. More...

November 2004: In May, 2004, Fish & Fly rod tester Pete Sutton enjoyed a long-promised week fly fishing in Ireland More...

October 2004: What images does the name of Argentina evoke in your mind? Part One of Eduardo Marino's guide

August 2004: "Two weeks before midsummer an opportunity presented itself when a friend, Andreas Olsson from Norsjo, Sweden, called me with a, to say the least, fantastic story." Jerome Philipon fishes for land locked char More...

Jerome Philipon meets Roger Öhlund, fly fisherman of experience, and asks him to share some of Lapland's best kept secrets. More...

May 2004:"Dorado on a fly - a story of poor planning, is our first contribution from Eduardo Marino who lives and fishes extensively in Argentina" More...

January 2004: "When you hear of a stretch of river, up in the Arctic in Swedish Lapland, that holds mighty brown trout weighing up to five and more kilos, and it involves some effort to get there, this sounds like a challenge well worth accepting." More...

October 2003: "A bloke hands me this book and urges me to read it and one thing leads to another and next thing I know I find myself surrounded by glaciers at four-and-a-half thousand feet and fishing a mountain tarn." Jon Beer in Norway

August 2003: Patrick Hillard reports on his trip to Mexico where he went in search of Mexican tarpon. More...

April 2003: Terry Lawton paid a flying visit to the island of Islay, where the European Fly Fishing Championship is being held in September, and spent a short time fishing on two of the championship lochs. More...

March 2003: Nick Sawyer, grandson of the late Frank Sawyer, writes about fishing in Bosnia and picking his way through minefields to get to the rivers. More...

January 2003: "Many years ago, when the internet was just half-a-dozen baldy blokes talking to each other with computers the size of refrigerators, I had a yen to catch trout in every land where trout could be caught." Jon Beer needs your help with foreign fishing regulations.

In his first article for Fish & Fly, Theo Pike reports on his recent fly fishing trip to the French Alps.

November 2002: "Flowing around the edges of the North Yorkshire Moors there are a series of rivers and streams such as the river Rye and Derwent" Roger Beck discusses fishing in Yorkshire

October 2002: Terry Lawton has caught grayling on previous expeditions to Sweden but his latest visit, to Tjuonajokk in Swedish Lapland, was his first attempt at fishing for them seriously More...

March 2002: "Although I have had pike rise a like a trout to fly when trout and grayling fishing in rivers, the best pike fishing is in the many lakes and even along the Baltic coast." Pike fishing with Terry Lawton

Jerome Phillipon describes his do-it-yourself visit to Västerbotten, just south of the Arctic Circle More...

"It must have been nearly 24 inches long: a truly magnificent fish. It made my holiday" Terry Lawton fishes in Sweden

February 2002: Jan Rigden reports back from his tropical SWFF mission to Mexico More...

November 2001: The Mission – Rufus and Jester to catch as many salmon as possible for as little money as possible. A report from British Columbia

June 2000: Choosing the best brown trout angling in Scotland is a daunting task... Lesley Crawford's Top Ten Scottish Trout Waters

Saltwater fly fishing is growing in popularity around the world. In his latest article Trout Bum writes about the fun to be had fly fishing for sea trout in Sweden

Trout Bum writes about his fishing pilgrimages to England from Sweden and why it is still a trip worth making. Well worth making. More...

May 2001: Every year I make a pilgrimage to the Cotswolds to see my favourite landlady at the Bull Hotel in the little town of Fairford. Jon Beer on pubs with flyfishing

Lanzarote may not at first seem like a supreme fishing destination. Indeed it is rarely, if ever, advertised as such. Lesley Crawford takes a trip abroad

March 2001: We were there, I suppose, after salmon but this is not about salmon. It is the Tale of Two Trout. Jon Beer in Iceland

January 2001: "I managed to hook the first two grayling and suddenly everything was alright. I calmed down and started to fish steady and without tangling the leader." Ulf Borjesson fishes for grayling in the middle of Sweden.

The lochs of Shetland can be embarrassingly shallow. I felt faintly ridiculous that morning, clad to the armpits in neoprene and standing in the middle of Houss Loch, when I was joined by a small dog... More from Jon Beer in The Shetlands

December 2000: I have been off Lochisling again. I couldn't resist it. I am not addicted, you understand - I could give it up if I wanted to it's just that I don't want to. Jon Beer in The Shetland Islands

October 2000: In his second article, Terry Lawton writes about catching trout to order in front of Swedish television cameras and the work that is being done to restore the Lögde river. And the mosquitoes get a look-in too! More

September 2000: "Strip faster, there's a big trout following you," Harry called out. Wham and I was into what turned out to be a trout of over 6lbs when I eventually managed to get hold of it and release it after a hectic battle Terry Lawton goes fly-fishing in Sweden

August 2000: It could, I suppose, have happened anywhere. It actually happened in a small lake at the end of an old trail from the eastern end of Lake Eutsuk Jon Beer goes float tubing

Caithness - Land of Limestone lochs Lesley Crawford does a bit of flag waving for her home county

April 2000: Jot this down: Lozère, first week in June, 165F. "Lozère" is not the name of a nag, it is a place. It is the place if you want to fish for almost anything wild with an adipose fin. More French Fishing with Jon Beer

March 2000: Lesley Crawford takes a light-hearted look at how to get the most out of your wild trout fishing holiday in Scotland. A Survivor's Guide to Trout Fishing in Scotland

"Last July I spent a very enjoyable, but hot, day fishing a short river in the south of Sweden called Flugströmmen, the fly stream. Sadly I did not catch anything..." Terry Lawton tries fly-fishing with a difference in Sweden

January 2000:Visiting the Highlands of Scotland for the first time you might be forgiven for thinking you have arrived in loch fishing paradise. An introduction to fishing for trout in Highland lochs from Lesley Crawford

December 1999: Well, what parsimonious lot we fly-fishermen are, to be sure. No sooner do I mention that there is wild fishing to be had for the price of a couple of pints than mails start dropping in like confetti. More cheap fishing from Jon Beer.

November 1999: Most of the trout in those pictures - and in the streams - were wild and looked it, ranging from buttery, spotty things to dark, silvery things with every variation in between. And a full set of fins. Jon Beer recommends some cheap fishing.

September 1999: I do know of one place where the fishing is at its best in those dire dog days. And its best is very, very good indeed. It is Osttirol. Jon Beer discusses fishing in Austria.

July 1999: End of June. High pollen-count. Red, streaming eyes and a throat like a six inches up a badger's bottom. All in all the natural and traditional time for exams. Rooms full of snuffling, sneezing folk answering questions like "Compare and contrast the trout fishing on the River Najerilla and the River Clyde." Jon Beer discusses far flung and unsung waters.

May 1999: There is no computer in the shop. There is no fax. There is a phone: it is one of those with a dial on the front - remember those? Jon Beer takes us to Usk.

All in all it wasn't a bad day, and I will be back at Blackton before the season is over, as will many others, both locals and visitors, who appear to find this the best of the Teesdale waters. More on the Teesdale area from Paul Kane.

April 1999: On the face of it, my friend Philip does not have the look of a sporting world record about him - although he may dispute this. He is the same age as me, something he disputes as well - fair dos: I try and dispute it myself sometimes. Philip is not a professional sportsman. Jon Beer introduces The Lochisle Challenge.

For anyone who has not fished in the Teesdale area of County Durham before, Hury Reservoir in Baldersdale, is an excellent starting point for getting to know the Teesdale still waters. More on the Teesdale area from Paul Kane.

October 1998: I could have walked into any French-speaking trading post and ordered gin traps and pemmican with confidence. I could not, alas, buy a train ticket or a pair of underpants or anything useful. Jon Beer concludes his articles on fly fishing opportunities in France.

September 1998: It is not surprising, then, that your average Brit shies like a nervous horse at fishing regulations in a language he gave up two years before O-level Jon Beer discusses fly fishing opportunities in France.