Inspiring and helping everyone to protect wild trout and their habitat

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About the Wild Trout Trust

We are a conservation charity working across the UK and Ireland to help anyone interested in making a better world for our rivers, lakes and their wildlife, including wild trout. Flourishing wild trout populations are a sign of the health of our waterways and the land around them. 

Our expert staff work with landowners, local communities, fishing clubs, rivers trusts and government agencies providing practical advice and hands-on habitat improvement projects.

Our team spends over 1000 days a year on or in rivers. We use that experience to highlight issues like pollution and abstraction directly with governments and regulators and to support our partners in their lobbying and campaigning.

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Prizes include: Sage rod/reel, luxury fishing break, chalk stream trout fishing
Draw Thursday 7 December

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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News

News

Zoom talk by Ken Whelan 7 December / Nov 30, 2023

'Trout in Strange Places', a talk by eminent fisheries biologist Ken Whelan, will take place via Zoom on 7 December at 7pm. The Christmas raffle draw will take place during the evening. Please buy your raffle tickets here. To join us for ...

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Blog

Redd spotting / Nov 29, 2023

This article first appeared in one of our newsletters, but as it is spawning time again we thought it was worth repeating! We've added this wonderful video from the Ness Fisheries Board (below). It is well documented for both salmon and...

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Did You Know...

Rainbow trout have been stocked in many fishless mountain lakes in the USA and Canada by plane and helicopter. In California, introduced rainbows are thought to have had a severe impact on populations of mountain yellow legged frog.

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Our Work

Practical Action

Our focus is on practical action to improve habitat for trout and all wildlife. We do this by delivering habitat improvement projects, often in partnership with landowners and other organisations, by giving advice and providing training through Practical Visits and River Habitat Workshops.  Any individual or organisation caring for a wild trout population, anywhere in the UK or Ireland, can contact us for practical help, advice and support.

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Join Us Today!

Membership costs less than a pint of beer each month and as well as supporting our work, you benefit from:  

  • Joining a like-minded group striving for wild trout conservation and keen on wild trout fishing
  • WTT’s excellent annual journal, Salmo trutta and information-packed newsletters
  • Members-only trout and grayling fishing events on exclusive beats
  • Working with us voluntarily and practically to improve habitat in our rivers
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Advice

Any individual or organisation caring for a wild trout population, anywhere in the UK or Ireland, can request an Advisory Visit. One of our Conservation Officers will walk your stretch of river with you, discuss how best to manage and improve the habitat and write a report of their findings and recommendations.

Advisory visit reports are available on this website using this map 

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Projects

Our ‘in river’ projects range in scale from a hundred metres to a kilometre or more, and may involve a small army of (wet and muddy) volunteers or a large excavator, expertly guided by one of our team. We use techniques that we know work, based on evidence and experience, and are proud to be chosen to manage the delivery of many partnership projects.

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Trout in the Town

Urban rivers are a fantastic resource for communities – not as rubbish dumps but as places of beauty, calm and wonder. That’s why we work with communities to help bring trout and other wildlife to urban rivers.

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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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Reference materials

We have a large library of information on this website, including ‘how to’ videos, academic articles and topic summaries such as predation, why trees are important to rivers, and stocking with farmed trout.

You can download our guides to habitat management as PDF files, or buy them from the shop. Also available in the shop is the excellent Wild Trout Survival Guide, our must-read book about wild trout conservation and management and a 70 minute DVD called Rivers: Working for Wild Trout. 

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About Us

We have a small staff who work from home and who are passionate about rivers and wildlife and love their jobs! We are helped by armies of volunteers who get stuck in to projects and help us with social media, events and the auction. The auction is our key fundraising event, held on eBay every March with over 300 lots (mainly fishing) donated by our supporters.

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Support Us

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. 

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