Tell Me Sweet Little Lies (2)

For the guides and gillies on the frontline.

Comes the answer: ‘Fish are moving and the river’s looking great - and it should hold well for the whole of your week’.  All of which sounds very promising. But buyer beware; we hear what we want to hear and nowhere do these words say there are more than a handful of salmon in the river.

The language of guiding has always been creative and bendy, but as …