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78THIS MONTH WE’VE FISHED… Send us your fi shery reviews! They may well end up gracing these pages as the TFF team, contributors, celebrities and readers help you avoid disappointing days out!

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HOT VENUES These waters should be coming up to prime time by the time you read this. Hot Venues brings you only the best of UK and Irish fl y fi shing!

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CLASSIC WATERS These are the waters that have shaped fl y fi shing as we know it. Ron Holloway examines the historic venues and how you can get to fi sh them today. This month it’s the River Itchen.

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RATED OR SLATED? We turn up, pay our money and fi sh, then we write the truth about it – simple. We bring you the ultimate in trout-fi shery reviews.

Total FlyFisher

Urban Angler, p52.

CONTENTS

Hot Venues, p84.

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39SNOWBEE CHALLENGE Get rewarded for that special fi sh! Here’s your chance to win some great prizes in TFF’s catch competition.

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JOHN BAILEY MEETS… He’s a politician’s most feared adversary, and one of television’s most respected presenters. Jeremy Paxman also happens to be a big fan of fi shing, as John Bailey fi nds out.

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£5,000 TACKLE COMPETITION! Five readers will each get the chance to choose a complete set-up worth more than £1,000 in this fantastic, three-part competition.

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GET A ROD FOR FREE This is the best subscription gift EVER. We’ll send you a limited-edition rod designed to the TFF team’s specifi cation AND 12 issues of the magazine for a little over £30!

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URBAN ANGLER You’ll be amazed at the wealth of top-quality wild-fl y fi shing that can be had for next to nothing in and around the UK’s biggest towns and cities! TFF sent Dave Eggington to investigate…

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96GAME GEAR Take a look in the tackle shop with TFF’s gear guide, where we check out eight of the latest products on the market.

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ALL YOU NEED FOR… Fancy a little small-water stalking this summer? Here’s the lowdown on the tackle you’ll need to make fooling that double-fi gure rainbow all the more easy…

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ON TEST In the fi rst part of TFF’s pull-no-punches group tests, we check out 15 of the latest 10ft 7-wt rods. With these rods ranging from a little over £60 to well over £500, do you really get what you pay for?

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FIGHT TO THE FINISH Take two rival anglers, all the gear they need and chuck them in a boat together for six hours. The one with the heaviest bag of trout wins and the best angler fi nds instant fame in the Fight To The Finish!

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MY SEASON Join Charles Jardine as he gives us his month-by-month account of his travels and tribulations with a fl y rod. This month he unveils his latest killer pattern for small-water rainbows.

Game Gear, p96.

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