Fishing from Spring to See

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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 »

Stalk Austria: Hirsch, Reh, Gemse, Steinbok, Murmeltier

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The closed season in Austria meant that the only stalking I was able to do was with a camera…sporting Tevas, red shorts and a blue fleece enhanced the challenge. Read More »

Fish ID: Plan See Trout

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Having grabbed a few days holiday (ie. scouting trip for future packages), I packed my five weight Frequent Flyer and headed to the Austrian Tirol with my wife. Read More »

When it comes to sea trout, is size everything?

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For those of you who are regular readers of my ramblings, you may remember my mate Jon, who responded to my lack of success on the muntjac front (an ongoing sore point) with news of medal-standard success, and photos of Chinese water deer. Well, he’s been at it again. Read More »

Driven Pheasant Stage Three: Rearing Shed

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Some keepers stress on the day, berating the beaters as they race around trying to ensure that the birds are moving in the right direction and the right numbers to provide guns with the perfect day’s sport. Others spend their summers stressing over the chicks in the rearing field, clucking around like mother hens Read More »

Splashing Around in the Dark: Sea trout on the Itchen

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Start eating your carrots: some of the best fishing to be had in the summer months takes place after dark. Sea trout, the peripatetic siblings of the brown trout, return to the streams of their birth to spawn in the summer months. Read More »

From Our Foreign Correspondents: Fishing North Carolina

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Friends from home (the American south) are adept at keeping me in the loop and homesick! Gene (more affectionately known as Bubba) loves his fishing and his whisky, and just as soon as he gets his passport, we expect him to be joining us on Scottish lochs, Hampshire banks and anywhere the fishing is fine. Until then, we will have to join him (vicariously in this case) streamside in the States. Read More »

Fishing the Dorset Frome

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Obsession is an ugly thing…even when it takes you to some of the most beautiful fishing spots around the globe. Read More »

Gamekeepa Fishin’

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All of us need to escape the daily grind now and then, and flicking the fluff for mayfly-delirious brown trout is an addictive relaxant. Read More »

Swan Replaces Trout on the Nation’s Plate?

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One of the local river keepers is taking issue with the Queen’s diet: she’s not eating enough swan and, unchecked by natural predators, the mute swan population is booming. Read More »

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