Sea Trout Fishing in Cumbria, Lancashire & Yorkshire

The tradition of night time sea trout fishing remains strong within the Yorkshire Fly Fishers’ Club. Several of our rivers see decent runs of sea trout, despite the universal decline of this fine sporting fish across the UK. What’s more, our beats tend to offer comfortable wading and safe car parking places for those inclined to string up their rods once the bats are on the wing.

The Lune and Ribble in particular offer worthwhile sport with sometimes large fish of 5lbs and beyond and there can be few more exciting moments in our sport than to contact a fresh sea trout of such a size, in the pitch black of night, perhaps having skated a large surface lure across a mirror-flat pool tail.

At Yorkshire Fly Fishers’ Club we understand that night time fishing can be a daunting prospect for those unfamiliar with its nuances and as a result we actively encourage participation by offering introductory evenings with one of our more experienced rods. These have proved popular, both in small groups and on a one-to-one basis. In this way, we hope to continue the long-standing tradition and help our members to experience at first hand the unrivalled thrill of catching such a superb sporting fish after dark.

That isn’t to say that sea trout cannot be caught in the daytime – far from it. Given a touch of colour in the water, Ribble sea trout can readily be caught during daylight hours using standard wet fly techniques, similar to the North Country spider method, only using somewhat larger flies, such as the those famous traditionals, the Invicta and Butcher. Good sea trout are also occasionally encountered by members fishing the dry fly. They most definitely feed in fresh water – after all they are merely brown trout which have migrated to salt water in search of richer feeding. Given a very stealthy approach and careful presentation, a sea trout will rise to an imitative floating fly in even the lowest water conditions. This is challenging fishing indeed and a pat on the back is due to any angler with the skill and patience to land a sea trout using this approach.

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