Six months ago a stranger from Spain posted a comment on one of my blogs telling me that where he fished, they caught barbel on the dryfly in numbers. Never one to miss the opportunity to try something new, I packed my bags, guinea pig and tame fishing journalist for the first experiment of the [...]
By Howard
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Posted in Fishing, Packages
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Also tagged barbel, Dryfly, fly fishing, guinea pig, reservoir, sand flats, short trip, Spain, weekend trip, white sand
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April 26, 2011 – 10:36 am
Every once in a while, I stumble across a blog post that makes me laugh out loud. Fred Telleen, Alaskan fly fishing guide, T-shirt entrepreneur and master storyteller provided me with just such a happy moment, and he was kind enough to agree to my sharing the story with you. RSS news feed Newsletter / [...]
By Howard
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Posted in Fishing, Packages
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Also tagged Alaska, Dolly Varden, fish, fishing lodge, fishing lodges, fly, fly fishing guide, Fred Telleen, kenai river, rainbow, salmon, salmon fishing, sockeye
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There’s no question we’re stressed – just take a look at my follicularly-challenged bonce. Then there are all the statistics on strokes, unfitness and depression: all rising with my blood pressure. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
By Howard
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Posted in Fishing, Packages
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Also tagged fish, fish wish, fluff, fly, fly fishing, River, stress reduction, tight line, UK, uncharted waters, wish fulfilment
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January 9, 2011 – 6:51 pm
This guest blog has us joining Tony Watson on the banks of the Kharlovka in Russia in his continuing pursuit of THE fish: an enormous salmon. Just how big is enormous is a question we’ve been asking Tony for years as he travels the globe after the elusive fish of a lifetime. RSS news feed [...]
By Howard
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Posted in Fishing, Packages
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Also tagged accommodation, fisherman, fly, kharlovka, kola peninsula, River, Russia, salmon, salmon fishing, spey cast, tony watson, trout, winter fish, year
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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, Brown Trout, char, 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
By Howard
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Posted in Corporate Entertainment, Events, Fishing, Packages, Walked Up Shooting
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Also tagged boar, Brown Trout, Chalkstreams, Clays, covey, game clays, game shooting, grayling, pointers, quail, Shooting, simulated game, trout
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December 3, 2009 – 8:00 am
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 [...]
By Howard
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Posted in Fishing, Packages
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Also tagged birthdays, christmas, fly, fly fishing, Flyfishing, flyfishing lessons, gift for the person who has everything, lesson plans, Outside Days, pond, River, Teach
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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 [...]
By Howard
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Posted in Events, Fishing, Packages
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Also tagged Anne Voss-, Arundell, bass, bass on the fly, Brown Trout, devon, devonshire, fish, 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 [...]
By Howard
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Posted in Fishing, Packages, Walked Up Shooting
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Also tagged Brown Trout, 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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August 22, 2009 – 7:00 am
My erstwhile fishing buddy Tony and I grabbed a day off between walked up days on the grouse moor to fish one of Yorkshire’s premiere rivers, the Wharfe. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
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Posted in Driven Shooting, Fishing, Packages, Walked Up Shooting
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Also tagged brownie, dryflies, Grassington, Gravity, grouse, Kilnsey, Klinkhammer, olives, Orvis, premiere rivers, Rivers, Tennant, Walked, Wharfe, Yorkshire, Zero
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