Ascot week has been patchy to say the least, and not just when it comes to the horses I backed. Traditionally the week when wild partridge hatch, the weather for Ascot was considered to be an indicator of the success of the rearing season and therefore the shooting season. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing [...]
By Howard
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Posted in Driven Shooting, Fishing, Packages, Stalking
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Also tagged Avon, devon, Fallow, Game, partridge, Roe, sea, Sea Trout, Shooting, Stalking, Test, trout fishermen, wild birds
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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. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing [...]
By Howard
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Posted in Fishing, Packages
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Also tagged Chinese water deer, Fishing, 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. 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, Howard Day, Rivers, salmon, Sea Trout, Southern Counties, stream, Test, UK, wader, weight rods
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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, Howard Day, 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. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
By Howard
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Posted in Fishing
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Also tagged Chalkstreams, fish, fishery, Fishing, fly, Flyfishing, insect, invertebrate, 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. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
By Howard
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Posted in Corporate Entertainment, Fishing
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Also tagged Brown Trout, Chalkstreams, fish, Fishing, Flyfishing, Hampshire, 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
By Howard
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Posted in Fishing
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Also tagged Brown Trout, fly, Flyfishing, Howard Day, mayfly, mayfly hatch, novices, Orvis, Rivers, Test, UK
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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, Howard Day, instruction, largemouth, novices, Orvis, photography, Press, rainbow trout, Rivers, riverside, salmon, Shoot, sport, sportspeople, stream, Test, Texas, trout, UK
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March 28, 2008 – 11:03 am
Our peripatetic habits and Blackberry addiction make email (through the form below) the best way to reach us. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us Name Email Subject Message
By Christopher
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Also tagged Alberta, alpine, angler, arapawa, bass, boar, British, Brown Trout, Calgary, Canada, Canadian, Clays, countrywide, duck, elk, falconry, Fallow, fish, Fishing, fly, French, freshwater, Game, goat, grouse, gun, heather, Hebrides, hog, Howard Day, Hunt, instruction, Lewis, Lewis Snipe, loch, London, lunch, mailing, moor, moose, mule, Muntjac, novices, Orvis, Outer, package, partridge, pheasant, photographer, quail, rabbit, Red, red stag, Rivers, Rocky Mountains, Roe, Safari, salmon, Scottish, Shoot, Shooting, Sika, snipe, sport, Sporting, Stalk, Stalking, stream, tahr, team, Test, turkey, UK, USA, varmint, Walked, Walked-up, waterfowl, whitetail, Wild, woodcock, woodland
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March 26, 2008 – 10:26 am
Flicking the fluff can take the keen angler around the globe in pursuit of quarry large and small. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
By Christopher
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Also tagged angler, Atlantic, bass, British, Brown Trout, camp, fish, Fishing, fly, freshwater, Hebrides, New Zealand, Orvis, package, quarry, Rivers, riverside, salmon, Scottish, Southern Counties, sportspeople, stream, Test, the Gulf, trophy, tunny, UK, USA
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