Test Trout
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Chris Sandford visits the mecca of UK chalk streams in this episode of Just Fishing, as he tries his hand fly fishing for wild Brown and Rainbow Trout. The River Test near Stockbridge in Hampshire is famous among anglers, made clear as Chris spots a swarm of massive trout swimming through the town centre. Chris meets up with local legendary gillie Jim on the hallowed ginger beer beat. After a few words of wisdom, Jim imparts his meticulous techniques of how to stalk these nervous fish with tiny nymphs. Later, they move into the slightly faster water where Jim thinks a bigger specimen should be hiding. Low and behold, a bigger example of the rare resident Rainbows shows itself…