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, cla game fair, festival, film festival, fly fishing, Fly Rise, Game, Gin-Clear, Nick Reygaert, salmon
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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, Fishing, Grassington, Gravity, grouse, Kilnsey, Klinkhammer, olives, premiere rivers, Rivers, Tennant, Walked, Wharfe, Yorkshire, Zero
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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 [...]
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Posted in Events
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Also tagged 50 bird sporting shoot, bass lures, Belvoir, cashmere, cashmere sweater, CLA, cla game fair, clay pigeon shoot, conservation trust, Hamptworth Country Fair, John Bye, le chameau, Musto, Purdey, tweed, wildlife conservation
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Orvis has become synonymous with flyfishing, a company passion evident in everything they produce from rods to luggage to clothing. That commitment to the sport extends to training their retail staff. RSS news feed Newsletter / Mailing list Contact us
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Posted in Corporate Entertainment, Events, Fishing, Packages
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Also tagged battenkill, brownies, fish, Fishing, fly, Flyfishing, grayling, Manager Philip Nicholson, Matrix, rainbow, TLS, trout
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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, Howard Day, mayfly, 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
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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, Itchen, mayfly, mayfly hatch, 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
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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, Howard Day, John Bye, mayfly, mayfly hatch, 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, Howard Day, Itchen, mayfly, mayfly hatch, novices, Rivers, Test, 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
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Posted in Fishing
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Also tagged Adventures, angler, British, Country, fish, Fishing, Game, Howard Day, instruction, Rivers, sport, stream, Test, Trout. rainbow trout, 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
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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, Itchen, largemouth, novices, photography, Press, rainbow trout, Rivers, riverside, salmon, Shoot, sport, sportspeople, stream, Test, Texas, trout, UK
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