Category Archives: Packages

Packing for the Coming Season

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

Cartoonist’s Pen Shoots Down Sporting Agent

Well, its finally happened. After years of leg-pulling, stick-giving, and micky-taking at my beloved clients’ expense, one of you has finally gotten your own back. And oh so publicly, too. Talented satirical cartoonist Andy Sipson got his revenge with an image on his Facebook page. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us

Rivers of Gold: Thwarted Yellowfish Fever

You know you should find a fish in a river when the river’s name appears in the fish’s! So when we put the shotguns and rifles down long enough to flick fluff in the River Vaal, I fully expected to have the Vaal-orange largemouth yellowfish (Labeobarbus kimberleyensis) yanking my line. RSS news feed Newsletter / [...]

Doves, Diamonds and Dodgy Driving

Each year, I collect a team of guinea pigs who put aside common sense, regular mealtimes and British tea in favour of adventure in more or less civilised corners of the globe. This year, we got our shots and headed for South Africa in pursuit of a heady mixture of bird shooting, plains game stalking and fishing.

Lining the Ducks Up for Winter Wild Sport

The Outside Days Easter Egg Hunt took us a little further afield than normal this year: three intrepid guinea pigs and I spent Easter weekend in Norfolk (much to No.2′s disgust). Keeping an ear to the ground may have left me with a bad back, but it did mean I heard about some fantastic wild [...]

Make Your Indian Summer a Mediterranean Quail

While the well-heeled twiddle their trigger fingers waiting for the start of the season on the Glorious 12th, you could be pulling the trigger in anger on the Fantastic 1st (of August, of course!), reveling in some of Croatia’s finest quail shooting. And all only a bargain dash from Gatwick or Heathrow. RSS news feed [...]

Idiot’s Guide to Booking Shooting

Subtitle: The Things I Really Need to Know to Make Your Day Work We start booking shooting for one season before the previous season closes, and are in full swing planning for the season to come by the time March becomes lamb-like. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us

One Season Closes, Another Opens

When Britain mothballs game shooting for the season, my attentions turn to sport further afield, and to the next season looming on the horizon – a summer of game clays and fishing for trout and salmon. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us

Shooting and Fishing in the Sun!

As the 2009/10 season draws to a close we have certainly had our share of weather! From shirt sleeves in November to being almost drowned in December to now being frozen, we’ve seen the lot. Looking for a chance to get away from it all this spring (Dates TBC) ? I am looking for a [...]

Fishing For Red Hot Christmas Gift?

Are you searching for the perfect gift for the person who has everything? Or maybe, like me, you are trying to help loved ones to buy something you actually WANT and not another pair of socks or the ever-present scarf? Outside Days provides flyfishing lessons for every level of fisherperson, from the complete beginner to [...]

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