September 19, 2010 – 5:04 pm
As connoisseurs of game fairs, we’re quite selective about the ones we attend, let alone take a stand at. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
October 27, 2009 – 7:45 am
The downside of the CLA Game Fair is that the most interesting people always seem to cross your path when you are juggling other commitments. When Matt McHugh introduced me to director and producer Nick Reygaert, I had my hands full of Orvis gear. Only later when I logged on to his website and read [...]
By Howard
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Posted in Events, Fishing
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Also tagged cla game fair, festival, film festival, fly fishing, Fly Rise, Game, Gin-Clear, Nick Reygaert, Orvis, salmon
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The CLA Game Fair has come and gone, leaving us raring for the start of the season so we can test out all our new purchases on the hill. For those of you who shop with, consult, and otherwise encourage Wife No. 2′s shopping addiction, THANK YOU. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact [...]
By Howard
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Also tagged 50 bird sporting shoot, bass lures, Belvoir, cashmere, cashmere sweater, cla game fair, clay pigeon shoot, conservation trust, Hamptworth Country Fair, John Bye, le chameau, Musto, Orvis, Purdey, tweed, wildlife conservation
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All of us get those irritating phone calls at dinner time asking for a donation to a worthy cause, or bristle at the 1000s of trees felled to make the envelopes and paper for begging letters that come through the door. I don’t know about you, but in this climate of penny counting, I am [...]
By Howard
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Posted in Fishing
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Also tagged Atlantic, atlantic salmon, central Europe, Conservancy, Conservation, conservation trust, donation, Fair, fisherman, Game, game and wildlife, game conservancy trust, GWCT, Project, recovery, research, salmon, salmon numbers, salmon recovery, science, Trust, Wild, wild salmon, wildlife, wildlife conservation, wildlife management techniques
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I hate to shop. My wife is an expert. I love fieldsports and gatherings of what the Americans call ‘likeminded individuals’. Each year, Number Two takes advantage of this and uses the CLA Game Fair to kit me out from top to toe for the coming season. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact [...]
By Howard
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Posted in Events
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Also tagged clumber, Fair, fieldsports, Game, John Bye, sport, Sporting, stockings, tweeds, woodcock, year
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