August 27, 2008 – 11:40 am
What better way to start the season than three days spent tramping behind the dogs? Grouse over pointers makes you appreciate the beaters on driven days, and the quarry everyday. Read More »
By Howard
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Posted in Packages, Walked Up Shooting
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Tagged birds, dogs, Driven, grouse, gun, guns, Highlands, Keeper, late availability, moor, old cock, patience, pointers, Shoot, Shooting, Walked, Wild
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August 25, 2008 – 11:02 am
Occasionally a plan comes together, and I pack the right equipment to make it happen. The estate we have been shooting grouse over pointers on happens to have the River Spey running right through it. This means three things: the potential for brownies, salmon, and fabulous whiskey. Read More »
By Howard
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Posted in Fishing, Packages, Walked Up Shooting
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Tagged brownies, fish, flies, grouse, gun, pointers, River, river spey, salmon, Shoot, Shooting, whiskey
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August 23, 2008 – 11:17 am
It’s mid-August, and that means only one thing: grouse. Read More »
August 10, 2008 – 9:49 am
So I’m a little competitive. And my mates know it. I’m not fussed about having bigger, or more, or more often. I just want one. Read More »
By Howard
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Posted in Stalking
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Tagged barbel, duck, Fallow, malet arms, Muntjac, newton tony, pigeon, Red, River, sea, Stalk, Stalking, venison, Wiltshire, wood
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Orvis has become synonymous with flyfishing, a company passion evident in everything they produce from rods to luggage to clothing. That commitment to the sport extends to training their retail staff. Read More »
By Howard
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Posted in Corporate Entertainment, Events, Fishing, Packages
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Tagged battenkill, brownies, fish, Fishing, fly, Flyfishing, grayling, Manager Philip Nicholson, Matrix, Orvis, rainbow, TLS, trout
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When men are bored, we invent a new sport. When fishermen are bored, we invent new ways to catch familiar fish, or new fish to catch with familiar methods. And so began the quest to catch a barbel on the fly. Read More »
By Howard
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Posted in Driven Shooting, Fishing
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Tagged barbel, bottom feeders, fishermen, Fishing, fly, Helios, nymph, nymphs, pike, shoal, trout
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By the start of August, fluffy week old chicks have morphed into stroppy teenagers, ready for putting to wood. After all, in five weeks time the partridge season opens, and in 11 weeks the pheasant season starts. Read More »
By Howard
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Posted in Driven Shooting, Uncategorized, Walked Up Shooting
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Tagged conservancy trust, covey, farming methods, foxes, game and wildlife, gamekeeper, genetic diversity, old chicks, partridge, pheasant, pheasant season, poults, predation, wildlife conservancy
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I hate to shop. My wife is an expert. I love fieldsports and gatherings of what the Americans call ‘likeminded individuals’. Each year, Number Two takes advantage of this and uses the CLA Game Fair to kit me out from top to toe for the coming season. Read More »
By Howard
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Posted in Events
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Tagged CLA, clumber, Fair, fieldsports, Game, John Bye, sport, Sporting, stockings, tweeds, woodcock, year
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According to Ratty, there is nothing more fun than messing about in boats. Well, he was nearly right. Add a fly rod, some bass, and an early morning start and it achieves perfection. Read More »
By Howard
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Posted in Fishing
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Tagged bass, bass on the fly, canoe, coastal waters, fish, Fishing, fly, fly fishing, fly rod, ghillie, isle of wight, kayak, Kayaks, mackerel, messing about in boats, Nick Richards, ocean, ocean kayaks, sea, sea bass, seafront, Solent, sport fish
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The cool, clear waters of the Austrian rivers are fed by snow melt and springs, ideal for the salmonids they contain in diversity. Read More »
By Howard
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Posted in Fishing, Packages
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Tagged Arctic, Austria, Austrian, austrians, char, danube, diversity, fishermen, Fishing, fishing packages, grayling, Innsbruck, package, River, Rivers, salmon, taimen, trout
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