The Educated Trout
Narrator JOHN HEDGES
The wild brown trout of the chalk streams of southern England is a wary, wily and powerful predator. It feeds very selectively on the rich insect life; on larvae like the stonemason caddis, and the spectacular mayfly.
Fishing for trout here is the summit of the angler's art; success comes only from an elaborate deception, made out of fur and feather, so the expert must be both entomologist and mimic extraordinary. On the beautiful banks of a Berkshire river, top fishermen Brian Clarke and John Goddard test their new fly designs in their quest to catch the really difficult educated trout.
Film editor CHARLES ALDRIDGE
Written and produced by NEIL CLEMINSON Series editors PETER JONES , ANTHONY ISAACS BBC Bristol