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
By Howard
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Posted in Fishing
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Also tagged bass, Brown Trout, Chalkstreams, droppers, fish, Fishing, Hampshire, 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
By Howard
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Posted in Fishing
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Also tagged Brown Trout, Dorset, Fishing, fly, Flyfishing, Frome, grayling, 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
By Howard
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Posted in Fishing
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Also tagged Brown Trout, Chalkstreams, fish, fishery, Fishing, fly, Flyfishing, Hampshire, hatching, Itchen, mayfly, mayfly hatch, Orvis, Rivers, stream, Test, Trout. rainbow trout
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No, not another Orvis open day. This time I bagged an invite from an old college mate to join him on the Derbyshire Dove (or in, more accurately). RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
By Howard
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Posted in Events, Fishing
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Also tagged angler, artist, catering, derbyshire dove, fish, fishery, Fishing, fly, Flyfishing, freshwater, Highclere country fair, John Bye, mayfly, mayfly hatch, Orvis, rain, river dove, riverside, water, Wild
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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
By Howard
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Posted in Fishing
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Also tagged Brown Trout, fly, Flyfishing, Itchen, mayfly, mayfly hatch, novices, Orvis, Rivers, Test, UK
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Game clays offer corporate institutions the opportunity to swap the confines of an office meeting for rural vistas and salty banter. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
By Howard
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Posted in Corporate Entertainment, Driven Shooting, Events, Packages
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Also tagged Clay Entertainment, clay pigeon, Clays, Corporate, Driven, Game, game clays, individuals, novices, Shooting, simulated game, Southern Counties, sport, teams, UK
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It’s always rewarding to introduce someone to a new passion and pastime. This week we watched as builder extraordinare and all-round superhero Lee dipped his toe into the flyfishing pool by taking an evening lesson with me. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
By Howard
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Posted in Fishing
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Also tagged Adventures, angler, British, Country, fish, Fishing, Game, instruction, Orvis, Rivers, sport, stream, Test, Trout. rainbow trout, UK
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Whilst I continue my personal quest to bag my first muntjac, the empathy from my fellow stalkers has been astounding. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
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. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
By Howard
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Posted in Events, Fishing
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Also tagged bass, blog, Britain, British, Brown Trout, fish, Fishing, instruction, Itchen, largemouth, novices, Orvis, photography, Press, rainbow trout, Rivers, riverside, salmon, Shoot, sport, sportspeople, stream, Test, Texas, trout, UK
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Over a beer or three in Texas, I confessed to headkeeper Martin Broad that I’d never shot Britain’s smallest deer, the non-native Muntjac. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
By Howard
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Posted in Stalking
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Also tagged blog, Country, Fallow, Hunting, Muntjac, quarry, Red, Roe, Sika, sport, Stalking, Texas, UK
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