Inspiring and helping everyone to protect wild trout and their habitat

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About the Wild Trout Trust

Wild trout are iconic indicators of the health of the river and its wildlife.
The Wild Trout Trust team are experts in river habitat. They spend over 1000 days a year on the river bank or in the river, giving practical advice and delivering habitat projects in partnership with landowners and many other organisations.

Our Work
What we do
Practical Action
We deliver 'in river' habitat improvement projects that range in scale from a hundred metres to a kilometre or more.
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Advice for All
We provide advice (generally free) to anyone with responsibility for a river
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What we do
Trout in the Town
We work with communities to help bring trout and other wildlife to urban rivers.
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Communication
We run workshops, deliver talks and produce high quality reference materials for anyone interested in rivers and their wildlife.
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With a focus on practical advice and project work, a small and expert team and very low overheads, we use our funds wisely to deliver real improvements to river habitat for the benefit of trout and all wildlife.
Become a member of WTT and you will be joining a like-minded group striving for wild trout conservation and keen on wild trout fishing. Members receive a copy of our excellent annual journal, Salmo trutta, information-packed newsletters and invitations to members-only trout and grayling fishing events on exclusive beats

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    Resource Hubs

    The Wild Trout Trust Resource Hubs are a collection of articles, web pages, videos and other information categorised into themed hubs.

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    Reconnecting the River Witham to its floodplain

    Did You Know...

    On rivers with a high level of angling pressure, trout become more able to distinguish between any sort of food item that has a piece of nylon attached and one that hasn’t!

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    About Trout

    Our native trout, Salmo trutta, is a wonderfully diverse and adaptable species. Trout are a clear indicator of whether or not a river or lake is a healthy environment. If trout can thrive, then so will other wildlife. Learn all about trout and their relatives, grayling and arctic charr, by clicking the links below:

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    Best practice fish handling / Apr 11, 2024

    With the trout fishing season now (largely) open, many wild trout anglers will be out on the river or lake hoping for some early season action after a long and very wet winter. This blog post aims to give a timely reminder on best practice for h...

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