January 2, 2011 – 3:55 pm
Infamous for its volcanoes and salmon fishing, Iceland offers the angler outstanding sea trout, brown trout and even arctic char to accompany the legendary leaper. Outside Days offers a range of fishing opportunities from June to October in a number of noted rivers including the Tungulaekur, the Minnivallalaekur, the Galtalaekur, the Breiodalsa and the Jokla. [...]
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Also tagged Arctic, Breiodalsa, char, Fishing, Galtalaekur, Iceland, Icelandic, Jokla, Minnivallalaekur, Rivers, salmon, salmon fishing, Sea Trout, trout, Tungulaekur, Wild
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February 21, 2010 – 3:39 pm
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
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Posted in Corporate Entertainment, Events, Fishing, Packages, Walked Up Shooting
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Also tagged boar, Chalkstreams, Clays, covey, Fishing, game clays, game shooting, grayling, pointers, quail, Shooting, simulated game, trout
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November 22, 2009 – 5:57 pm
We wrote this blog more than a year ago, but had to hold off sharing it with you for editorial reasons. Now, in the gloomy rain of autumn, it seems appropriate to hark back to summers gone, and dream of the ones to come. As I have observed when trying to justify my attempts to [...]
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Also tagged Anne Voss-, Arundell, bass, bass on the fly, devon, devonshire, fish, Fishing, fly, fly fishermen, Flyfishing, flyrod, freshwater, mcnab, River, sea bass, Sea Trout, spate, tamar, trout, voss
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September 9, 2009 – 7:00 am
Fortunately, excursions to the Outer Hebrides aren’t made or broken by the weather…for dour folk, the Hebrideans are weather optimists: whatever comes next, it won’t be the same twice. Very like the sport. After grouse, the odd snipe or passing plover, and a whatever the collective noun is for 3 salmonid species, we’d stretched FlyBe’s [...]
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Also tagged Fishing, golden eagles, grouse, Hebrides, Lewis, loch, midges, mink, mink trapping, outer hebrides, peregrine, plover, pointer, pointers, scottish national heritage, sea eagle, Shooting, snipe, trout, Walked, woodcock
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Since well before Halford and Skues stalked insects on chalkstream banks to get models for their dry fly patterns, fishermen have been keen observers of the micro life of a water. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
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. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
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Also tagged bass, Chalkstreams, droppers, fish, Fishing, Hampshire, Howard Day, Itchen, Rivers, salmon, Sea Trout, Southern Counties, stream, Test, UK, wader, weight rods
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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. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
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Also tagged Dorset, Fishing, fly, Flyfishing, Frome, grayling, Howard Day, mayfly, Orvis, River, Toby, UK
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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. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
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Also tagged Chalkstreams, fish, fishery, Fishing, fly, Flyfishing, Hampshire, hatching, Howard Day, Itchen, mayfly, mayfly hatch, Orvis, Rivers, stream, Test, Trout. rainbow trout
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Spring has sprung…well and truly in artesian style. All this rain has made fishing very challenging. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
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Posted in Corporate Entertainment, Fishing
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Also tagged Chalkstreams, fish, Fishing, Flyfishing, Hampshire, Itchen, mayfly, mayfly hatch, rain, Rivers, spate, Test
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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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Also tagged fly, Flyfishing, Howard Day, Itchen, mayfly, mayfly hatch, novices, Orvis, Rivers, Test, UK
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