February 4, 2012 – 10:30 am
Having had so many great guinea pig trips, you can forgive me my audacity when I planned an expedition to explore wildfowling a la francaise and invited a journalist to join me.
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By Howard
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Posted in Events, Packages, Press, Walked Up Shooting
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Tagged bag, british style, decoys, ducks, ducks and geese, evening flight, France, French, geese, grey partridge, hutte, journalist, partridge, snipe, Sporting, Walked, Walked-up, wetlands
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December 27, 2011 – 3:31 pm
I have a reputation for offering great (if unconventional) sport in obscure locations. Read More »
October 23, 2011 – 11:00 am
I’ve always wanted to see what goes on in the dark.
As eating carrots is just a myth perpetuated by the powers that be and parents, on my annual pilgrimage to that mecca of sporting kit Bass Pro, I picked up a trail cam. Read More »
October 19, 2011 – 9:05 pm
The glorious 12th came racing up on me like a steam train, leaving disarray in its wake as I tackled Yorkshire, Croatia, the 19th century and the Sussex downs in rapid succession. Read More »
By Howard
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Posted in Driven Shooting, Packages, Stalking, Walked Up Shooting
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Tagged black powder, flintlock, grouse, isle of lewis, Mini-driven, partridge, pheasant, quail, Shoot, Shooting, woodcock, Yorkshire
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We are delighted to officially announce that Outside Days will be hosting the Countryside Alliance‘s Shooting Lodge at the 2011 CLA Game Fair at Blenheim Palace Friday July 22nd to Sunday July 24th. Howard, No.2, Tony and the team will be around all weekend to share their latest tales of daring do and big fish. Please drop by for a chat, to catch up and enter our prize draw for the chance to win a great sporting prize.
While quail shooting, I stumbled across a stretch of Bosnian water and, enticed by its clarity and general troutiness, proposed it as a guinea pig trip. A group of old friends took the gamble, using flicking the fluff as an excuse to convene from their homes across Europe for a long weekend in backwoods Bosnia. Read More »
By Howard
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Posted in Fishing, Packages
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Tagged Bosnia, dry fly, fly fishing, grayling, Kulen Vakuf, Martin Brod, nymph, Una, Unac, Zagreb
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Six months ago a stranger from Spain posted a comment on one of my blogs telling me that where he fished, they caught barbel on the dryfly in numbers. Never one to miss the opportunity to try something new, I packed my bags, guinea pig and tame fishing journalist for the first experiment of the 2011 guinea pig season. Read More »
By Howard
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Posted in Fishing, Packages
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Tagged barbel, Dryfly, Fishing, fly fishing, guinea pig, reservoir, sand flats, short trip, Spain, weekend trip, white sand
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I consider myself a bit of a social media baron on the quiet, as those of you reading this on Facebook or Twitter or Linkedin can attest. And I am a fully paid up subscriber to Norton’s products in addition to an external hard drive as prophylactic belts and braces. Read More »
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.
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By Howard
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Posted in Fishing, Packages
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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?!
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By Howard
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Posted in Fishing
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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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