It’s been a funny kind of year for flies: almost no hawthorne, and straight into the mayfly hatch. Despite a stiff breeze, the mayfly started hatching about lunchtime on Tuesday, and trout took immediate notice. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
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Tagged Brown Trout, fly, Flyfishing, Howard Day, Itchen, mayfly, mayfly hatch, novices, Orvis, Rivers, Test, UK
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It’s always rewarding to introduce someone to a new passion and pastime. This week we watched as builder extraordinare and all-round superhero Lee dipped his toe into the flyfishing pool by taking an evening lesson with me. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
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Tagged Adventures, angler, British, Country, fish, Fishing, Game, Howard Day, instruction, Orvis, Rivers, sport, stream, Test, Trout. rainbow trout, UK
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Family-friendly Meon Springs provided the perfect setting for Orvis’ Cast and Blast, and the powers that be provided unbelievable weather despite the best efforts of the meteorologists to convice us otherwise. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
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Tagged bass, blog, Britain, British, Brown Trout, fish, Fishing, Howard Day, instruction, Itchen, largemouth, novices, Orvis, photography, Press, rainbow trout, Rivers, riverside, salmon, Shoot, sport, sportspeople, stream, Test, Texas, trout, UK
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Orvis hosted its annual Open Day on the River Test at Kimbridge. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
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Tagged accommodation, bass, Fishing, freshwater, Howard Day, individuals, instruction, largemouth, novices, Orvis, Press, Rivers, Southern Counties, sport, stream, Test, Texas, UK, USA, wilderness
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On our last full day in Texas, we joined guides Steve and Rob and ESPN journalist Lynn Burkhead in a pair of bass boats on Lake Fork. At an impressive 27,264 acres, Lake Fork is in three counties. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
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Tagged accommodation, bass, boat, Cabelas, ESPN, fish, fishery, Fishing, fluff, fly, Flyfishing, Helios, journalist, lake, Lake Fork, largemouth, lunch, Lynn Burkhead, Orvis, record, Texas, USA, water
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After a hectic few days shopping and pursuing hogs and quail, the pace slowed when we arrived in Golden, TX to stay with our friend Chris Wiesinger of Southern Bulbs at his little red cabin by the lake. The ‘lake’ is a 6 acre pond populated in equal number by turtles and largemouth bass. RSS [...]
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Tagged accommodation, Adventures, bass, boar, boat, Britain, British, Cabelas, Country, fishery, Fishing, fluff, Flyfishing, Game, gun, hog, Howard Day, individuals, lake, largemouth, Orvis, package, Rivers, Safari, Shooting, stream, Texas, USA, Walked-up, water, Wild
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Every year I try to add at least one new package to our repetoire. With the exchange rate in our favour, and the welcome mat out at friends’, it seemed only right to sample Texas. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
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Tagged America, bass, Cabellas, camo, Dallas, David Hillier, Elliot, exchange, Jeremy Mason, Martin, Mongolia, nothing, Outer, package, Peru, Pigs, RealTree, sale, Shooting, Sporting, stalker, taiman, Texas, vermin, year
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For the more technically literate among our friends and clients, you may feel this addition to our website long overdue. Over the season, many of you express interest in what I do with the rest of my time (aside from attempting to appease my wife). RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
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Tagged Alberta, alpine, arapawa, Bird, boar, British, buck, clumber spaniel, cocker spaniel, Driven, elk, field, fishery, Fishing, fluff, fly, Flyfishing, French, Gascogne, gastronomy, goat, grouse, gun, Gun Dog, Hebrides, Howard Day, Hunting, Itchen, Lake Fork, Orvis, Outside Days, partridge, photographer, quail, record, red stag, Rivers, Rough-shooting, salmon, Scottish, Shoot, Shooting, Southern Counties, Sporting, Springer spaniel, Stalk, Stalking, stream, tahr, Test, Texas, UK, waterfowl, woodland
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