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. [...]
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 [...]
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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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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
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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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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 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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September 26, 2010 – 2:30 pm
Determined to use every bit of kit I’d hauled to Croatia, I arranged with Ana to flick fluff in the River Krka. Little did I know when she offered to arrange guides she’d come up trumps with half of the Croatian fly fishing squad. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
On the cusp of a new season, with one bag packed for Croatia and another for the Yorkshire moors, I find myself contemplating the sport that lies ahead. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
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Tagged Croatia, fish, grouse, migratory quail, mountain streams, partridge, Sea Trout, speargun, Split, springer, wily trout, Yorkshire, yorkshire moors
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