Five lochs and a cottage

The Helmsdale may have had a heart-sinkingly slow start to the season, but a week’s adventuring on the famed river still offers plenty to write home about

Tap, tap, tap. Tap, tap. “Oh, there it goes – that wee one’s for the pot.” The mussel in my hand slowly and silently hinges shut, like a lid on a fancy electronic bin. “If it closes completely that’s

In the Scottish village of Kenmore, the mellow glow of Loch Tay draws visitors into a world of castles and crannogs, amid autumn’s beauty in a towering forest

As their name implies, writes Fin Wilson, the Sweethope Loughs in Northumberland fill trout-fishers with anticipation

Rob Hardy enjoys atmospheric salmon fishing at a welcoming family-run estate

The Editor enjoys days with trout and nights in an old oak at a famous Westcountry fishing hotel