That's one thing I DO miss about Blighty! I was a fly fisherman since I was old enough to hold a rod - mostly reservoir fishing, but awesome. There's nothing more tasty than a fresh trout grilled with butter - I never did taste Grayling though.

Yep, grilled trout wih butter is heaven on earth. I qualified for the Scotland team on 4 separate occasions. I took part in 4 internationals against teams representing England, Wales and Ireland. One international was fished at Draycote Reservoir in the English midlands. One was at Lough Conn in Eire, one was at Scotland's Loch Leven and two were in Wales, one at Lyn Brenig and the other at Lyn Trawsfynedd.

The freezer was always full of gutted rod-caight trout and grayling. Shoals of landlocked char from the Ice Age inhabit some of Scotland's deepest lochs. Near dusk they will leave the depths to feed on flies near the surface on a summer's night. The photo is of a Loch Earn char. Ferox are huge cannibal trout that feed on char. Ferox can attain weights in excess of 15 lbs. I have never fished for them.