(Salmo trutta) – Across Britain, anglers are dusting off their fly rods with the bravest few even venturing out to embark on a new brown trout season.
A wild brown trout is a beautiful thing. Lithe and lively, a buttery belly and deep bronze back dripped with ink in black and red. He will gobble a worm or breadcrust with gusto, but where is the art in that?