April 26, 2011 – 10:36 am
Every once in a while, I stumble across a blog post that makes me laugh out loud. Fred Telleen, Alaskan fly fishing guide, T-shirt entrepreneur and master storyteller provided me with just such a happy moment, and he was kind enough to agree to my sharing the story with you. RSS news feed Newsletter / [...]
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Tagged Alaska, Dolly Varden, fish, Fishing, fishing lodge, fishing lodges, fly, fly fishing guide, Fred Telleen, kenai river, rainbow, salmon, salmon fishing, sockeye
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I wonder where the water is?! RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
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Tagged average rainfall, Avon, Chalkstreams, dry winter, fly, hatching, hawthorne, rain, River, Riverbank, Rivers, Test, water levels
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March 22, 2011 – 10:29 am
All clients are created equal, but the ones on the Outside Days Mailing List get offered sport first. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
Posted in Driven Shooting, Events, Fishing, Misc, Stalking, Walked Up Shooting
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Tagged bargain shooting, cancellations, cheap days fishing, Clays, driven pheasant, fish, grouse, last minute sport, Outside Days, pheasant, sim game
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There’s no question we’re stressed – just take a look at my follicularly-challenged bonce. Then there are all the statistics on strokes, unfitness and depression: all rising with my blood pressure. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
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Tagged fish, fish wish, Fishing, fluff, fly, fly fishing, River, stress reduction, tight line, UK, uncharted waters, wish fulfilment
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February 20, 2011 – 7:47 pm
One of the things we pride ourselves on here at Outside Days is customer service. Okay, I hear you chortle, it often comes with a measured dose of my humour, soup and a sausage roll. But as we’ve grown, wherever possible, its come with me. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
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Tagged barbecue, jenson, mcnab, Morgy, nick morgan, Outside Days, pigeon, sidekick
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February 17, 2011 – 10:35 am
I make no apologies for dusting off this old chestnut and republishing. When the loonies, kooks and crazies stop asking questions that would require the publication of numerous volumes to answer, I’ll leave this one in the archive. Until then… Subtitle: The Things I Really Need to Know to Make Your Day Work We start [...]
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Tagged booking agent, Driven, driven pheasant, grouse, Hebrides, outer hebrides, pheasant, Shooting, sporting agent, woodcock
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January 30, 2011 – 9:47 pm
Before you start shaking your head about the cost of foreign travel (never mind sporting holidays) and cleaning your weapons in preparation for mothballing, have a look at Outside Days out of season sporting breaks. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
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Tagged antelope, Argentina, Croatia, decoying, Doves, Flyfishing, Gemsbok, Mongolia, Outside Days, partridge, pointers and setters, quail, River, Sea Trout, Shooting, South Africa, stalker, Texas, trout, wildebeast, woodcock
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January 23, 2011 – 7:03 pm
My passion for wild birds in wild places has led many of you astray. While it’s a stretch to call parts of Norfolk wild, the woodcock that flock there to avoid the winter cold had me dragging out my windproofs and the guinea pigs for a couple of walked up days earlier this month. RSS [...]
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Tagged consecutive shots, left and right, migratory, Norfolk, passion, scenery, Sporting, wild bird, wild birds, wild places, woodcock
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January 9, 2011 – 6:51 pm
This guest blog has us joining Tony Watson on the banks of the Kharlovka in Russia in his continuing pursuit of THE fish: an enormous salmon. Just how big is enormous is a question we’ve been asking Tony for years as he travels the globe after the elusive fish of a lifetime. RSS news feed [...]
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Tagged accommodation, fisherman, Fishing, fly, kharlovka, kola peninsula, River, Russia, salmon, salmon fishing, spey cast, tony watson, trout, winter fish, year
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November 5, 2010 – 10:20 am
As anyone who has been following my musings in these pages will know, I rounded up the guinea pigs and took them to South Africa last spring. So as not to overindulge you with the riches of South Africa, I’ve been drip feeding the exploits over the months since May. Having already expounded on the [...]
