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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By Howard
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Posted in Fishing
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Also tagged bass, bass on the fly, canoe, coastal waters, fish, 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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The cool, clear waters of the Austrian rivers are fed by snow melt and springs, ideal for the salmonids they contain in diversity.
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By Howard
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Posted in Fishing, Packages
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Also tagged Arctic, Austria, Austrian, austrians, char, danube, diversity, fishermen, fishing packages, grayling, Innsbruck, package, River, Rivers, salmon, taimen, trout
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Having grabbed a few days holiday (ie. scouting trip for future packages), I packed my five weight Frequent Flyer and headed to the Austrian Tirol with my wife.
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By Howard
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Posted in Fishing, Packages
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Also tagged Austrian, austrian tirol, fish id, flies, frequent flyer, Heiterwanger, lake, rainbow, renke, River, river fishing, stream, Tirol, trout, whitefish, Wild, wildlife
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For those of you who are regular readers of my ramblings, you may remember my mate Jon, who responded to my lack of success on the muntjac front (an ongoing sore point) with news of medal-standard success, and photos of Chinese water deer. Well, he’s been at it again.
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By Howard
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Posted in Fishing, Packages
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Also tagged Chinese water deer, Itchen, Muntjac, night, pool, River, river itchen, sea, Sea Trout, sea trout fishing, Stalk, Stalking, tidal pool, trout
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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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Posted in Fishing
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Also tagged bass, Brown Trout, Chalkstreams, droppers, fish, Hampshire, Howard Day, Itchen, Rivers, salmon, Sea Trout, Southern Counties, stream, Test, UK, wader, weight rods
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Friends from home (the American south) are adept at keeping me in the loop and homesick! Gene (more affectionately known as Bubba) loves his fishing and his whisky, and just as soon as he gets his passport, we expect him to be joining us on Scottish lochs, Hampshire banks and anywhere the fishing is fine. [...]
By Jennifer
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Posted in Fishing, Packages
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Also tagged America, American, brook, caddis, dun, fish, fishery, fly, hampshire banks, hatchery, inchworm, mayfly, nantahala, native brook trout, North Carolina, stonefly, stream, trout, trout unlimited, trout waters, woolyworm
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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.
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By Howard
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Posted in Fishing
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Also tagged Brown Trout, Dorset, 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.
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By Howard
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Posted in Fishing
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Also tagged Brown Trout, Chalkstreams, fish, fishery, fly, Flyfishing, Hampshire, hatching, Howard Day, Itchen, mayfly, mayfly hatch, Orvis, Rivers, stream, Test, Trout. rainbow trout
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One of the local river keepers is taking issue with the Queen’s diet: she’s not eating enough swan and, unchecked by natural predators, the mute swan population is booming.
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By Howard
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Posted in Fishing
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Also tagged Chalkstreams, fish, fishery, fly, Flyfishing, insect, invertebrate, Itchen, Keeper, mayfly, mayfly hatch, Over-grazing, preservation, rainbow trout, Rivers, riverside, stream, swan, Test, weed
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Spring has sprung…well and truly in artesian style. All this rain has made fishing very challenging.
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By Howard
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Posted in Corporate Entertainment, Fishing
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Also tagged Brown Trout, Chalkstreams, fish, Flyfishing, Hampshire, Itchen, mayfly, mayfly hatch, rain, Rivers, spate, Test
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