October 12, 2008 – 5:01 pm
I recently had the pleasure of fishing with fellow Orvis Endorsed Guide Justin Anwyl for his species of choice, sea bass. Justin spends more than 300 days a year taking clients out after bass, and on his days off is frequently found flicking fluff for them himself.
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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.
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Also tagged 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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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.
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By Howard
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Also tagged Brown Trout, Chalkstreams, droppers, fish, Fishing, Hampshire, Howard Day, Itchen, Rivers, salmon, Sea Trout, Southern Counties, stream, Test, UK, wader, weight rods
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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.
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Posted in Events, Fishing
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Also tagged 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.
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Also tagged accommodation, 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.
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Also tagged accommodation, 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.
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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.
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March 28, 2008 – 11:03 am
Our peripatetic habits and Blackberry addiction make email (through the form below) the best way to reach us.
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March 26, 2008 – 10:26 am
Flicking the fluff can take the keen angler around the globe in pursuit of quarry large and small.
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Also tagged angler, Atlantic, British, Brown Trout, camp, fish, Fishing, fly, freshwater, Hebrides, Itchen, New Zealand, Orvis, package, quarry, Rivers, riverside, salmon, Scottish, Southern Counties, sportspeople, stream, Test, the Gulf, trophy, tunny, UK, USA
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