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Fly Fishing Hampshire
These are my recollections of my first introduction to fly fishing in Hampshire on the River Test but let me first explain..........
I caught my first brown trout in a stream at the back of our house known as Crimple Beck in Burn Bridge Nr Harrogate in North Yorkshire with a red worm at the age of four on a one piece solid fibreglass rod that had belonged to my father.
When I was seven I caught my first brown trout whilst fly fishing on the River Coquet at Felton in Northumberland where my grandparents lived and where I spent all my school holidays. I fly fished almost every day in the easter and summer school holidays on this river but also on the River Nidd in North Yorkshire.
As a teenager my grandparents sent me Trout and Salmon magazine each month which I read from the front to back cover paying particular attention to any articles about chalk stream fly fishing.
It was a dream and an ambition of mine to, one day, go fly fishing for brown trout on a chalk stream and at the age of forty nine that dream came true thanks to the generosity of my wife Anne and sons John and Adam.
Through Orvis, who are a fishing equipment retailer, they arranged for me to have a day's fly fishing in Hampshire on the world renowned River Test on the Timsbury 5 stretch. As if the gift could not get any better-the date they had selected was during the Mayfly season!
We arrived at the fly fishing beat, to which we had exclusive use, parking the car near the fishing lodge which was equipped with table, chairs, cooker, tea, coffee, milk, sugar, wine, mineral water, cheese and fruit-luxury fly fishing in Hampshire! The stretch was about a third of a mile of the main River Test with about four hundred yards of a tributary which almost ran parallel to the main river. The bankside had been mown-yes mown. The water was crystal clear despite it having rained with this stretch being mainly slow flowing. The sky was overcast with small hatches of Mayfly and a few brown trout rising throughout the day. The weeds which I understand they cut every month were clearly visible and it was thrilling to watch some specimen brown trout swimming in this beautiful stretch.
I also spent some time fly fishing on the faster flowing tributary and caught two brown trout which, having put up a superb fight, I returned to the water. My wife and son John also did some fly fishing using my tackle and Anne caught a grayling.
I mainly fished using a dry fly but occassionaly used nymphs.
In the early evening the clouds broke and the sun appeared resulting in further hatches of Mayfly on this exquisite stretch of the River Test which provided idealic fly fishing in Hampshire.
The day was most memorable for us all- I have never experienced fly fishing like it!
Reluctantly we had to leave but we will be back fly fishing once again in Hampshire-perhaps next time we will try the River Itchen.
Alan Hope runs a lifestyle management and concierge service for both UK and Overseas clients. Visit his website at http://www.arrangeitlifestylemanagement.co.uk/id181.html |
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Travers Corners: Classic Stories about Fly Fishing and a Small Montana Town
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"Visit TRAVERS CORNERS for a good read; it's a town full of people worth knowing."
--EXPO Book Review, 1998
"...a lovely, tongue-in-cheek look at make-believe small-town America."
--Arizona Daily Star
"Like the characters he writes about, Waldie's pace is slow and deliberate, and he demonstrates why the journey is the destination. He leads the way to a tiny corner of the world where we can refresh ourselves and still make it home for dinner. Travers Corner is just such a place."
--Woodland Hills Daily News (LA--circulation 118,495)
"A shrewd eye for rural characters, the book may remind some readers of Winesburg, Ohio, Lake Wobegon Days, or A River Runs Through It."
--Billings, MT, Gazette
"Scott Waldie has captured the essence of a small Montana town and the characters who 0live there. Written with warmth and wit, these stores will make you long for a second home like Travers Corners."
--Montana Outdoors
"Best of all, the warmth isn't sappy and the wit isn't just tinsel. Both are generated from a generous understanding of human nature."
--Montana magazine
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A Boundary Waters Fishing Guide
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Bass Fishing Facts: An Anglers Guide to Bass Lifestyles and Behavior (Bass Series Library)
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fishing poles For Your Reading Pleasure
Fly Fishing Hampshire
These are my recollections of my first introduction to fly fishing in Hampshire on the River Test but let me first explain..........
I caught my first brown trout in a stream at the back of our house known as Crimple Beck in Burn Bridge Nr Harrogate in North Yorkshire with a red worm at the age of four on a one piece solid fibreglass rod that had belonged to my father.
When I was seven I caught my first brown trout whilst fly fishing on the River Coquet at Felton in Northumberland where my grandparents lived and where I spent all my school holidays. I fly fished almost every day in the easter and summer school holidays on this river but also on the River Nidd in North Yorkshire.
As a teenager my grandparents sent me Trout and Salmon magazine each month which I read from the front to back cover paying particular attention to any articles about chalk stream fly fishing.
It was a dream and an ambition of mine to, one day, go fly fishing for brown trout on a chalk stream and at the age of forty nine that dream came true thanks to the generosity of my wife Anne and sons John and Adam.
Through Orvis, who are a fishing equipment retailer, they arranged for me to have a day's fly fishing in Hampshire on the world renowned River Test on the Timsbury 5 stretch. As if the gift could not get any better-the date they had selected was during the Mayfly season!
We arrived at the fly fishing beat, to which we had exclusive use, parking the car near the fishing lodge which was equipped with table, chairs, cooker, tea, coffee, milk, sugar, wine, mineral water, cheese and fruit-luxury fly fishing in Hampshire! The stretch was about a third of a mile of the main River Test with about four hundred yards of a tributary which almost ran parallel to the main river. The bankside had been mown-yes mown. The water was crystal clear despite it having rained with this stretch being mainly slow flowing. The sky was overcast with small hatches of Mayfly and a few brown trout rising throughout the day. The weeds which I understand they cut every month were clearly visible and it was thrilling to watch some specimen brown trout swimming in this beautiful stretch.
I also spent some time fly fishing on the faster flowing tributary and caught two brown trout which, having put up a superb fight, I returned to the water. My wife and son John also did some fly fishing using my tackle and Anne caught a grayling.
I mainly fished using a dry fly but occassionaly used nymphs.
In the early evening the clouds broke and the sun appeared resulting in further hatches of Mayfly on this exquisite stretch of the River Test which provided idealic fly fishing in Hampshire.
The day was most memorable for us all- I have never experienced fly fishing like it!
Reluctantly we had to leave but we will be back fly fishing once again in Hampshire-perhaps next time we will try the River Itchen.
Alan Hope runs a lifestyle management and concierge service for both UK and Overseas clients. Visit his website at http://www.arrangeitlifestylemanagement.co.uk/id181.html |
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How to catch snook
During the month of February, you will catch a wide selection of snook in various rivers worldwide. Snook howev...
Click here to read more
fishing poles Items For Viewing
Travers Corners: Classic Stories about Fly Fishing and a Small Montana Town
Travers Corners: Classic Stories about Fly Fishing and a Small Montana Town
"This wonderful collection of Montana short stories made me want to drop everything and light out for Big Sky Country and never look back. TRAVERS CORNERS is a terrific debut by a gifted writer, who gets the contemporary American West just exactly right on every page."
--Howard Frank Mosher
"The book has a little of the feel of The Last Picture Show. Waldie also manages a paradox, demonstrating that the decent, more-or-less ordinary people in this pretty nice place live lives of consequence, knit one to another by community, history, affection, or animus. They matter."
--Fly Rod &Reel
"Visit TRAVERS CORNERS for a good read; it's a town full of people worth knowing."
--EXPO Book Review, 1998
"...a lovely, tongue-in-cheek look at make-believe small-town America."
--Arizona Daily Star
"Like the characters he writes about, Waldie's pace is slow and deliberate, and he demonstrates why the journey is the destination. He leads the way to a tiny corner of the world where we can refresh ourselves and still make it home for dinner. Travers Corner is just such a place."
--Woodland Hills Daily News (LA--circulation 118,495)
"A shrewd eye for rural characters, the book may remind some readers of Winesburg, Ohio, Lake Wobegon Days, or A River Runs Through It."
--Billings, MT, Gazette
"Scott Waldie has captured the essence of a small Montana town and the characters who 0live there. Written with warmth and wit, these stores will make you long for a second home like Travers Corners."
--Montana Outdoors
"Best of all, the warmth isn't sappy and the wit isn't just tinsel. Both are generated from a generous understanding of human nature."
--Montana magazine
Dead Frenzy (Loon Lake Fishing Mystery)
Dead Frenzy (Loon Lake Fishing Mystery)
Between a fishing tournament and a biker convention, Loon Lake is flooded with friendly visitors-and some unsavory ones. Pretty soon Doc and Police Chief Ferris are spending less time catching bass and more time catching crooks...
McClane's Standard Fishing Encyclopedia and International Angling Guide
McClane's Standard Fishing Encyclopedia and International Angling Guide
Mcclanes Standard Fishing Encyclopedia and International Angling Guide
Fishing the Midge
Fishing the Midge
This classic gives the best treatment on midges small flies and light tackle as well as advice on tools and techniques, tackle selection, and fishing tactics. Patterns include the Wet Black Ant, Grizzly Hankle Yellow, and the Little Olive. For dedicated anglers who enjoy the challenge and excitement of fishing with midges.
A Boundary Waters Fishing Guide
A Boundary Waters Fishing Guide
Complete Book of Fishing Baits and Rigs: Saltwater & Freshwater
Complete Book of Fishing Baits and Rigs: Saltwater & Freshwater
The Orvis Pocket Guide to Fly Fishing for Stillwater Trout: Flies, Presentations, and Equipment for Taking Trout in Lakes and Ponds
Bass Fishing Facts: An Anglers Guide to Bass Lifestyles and Behavior (Bass Series Library)
Bass Fishing Facts: An Anglers Guide to Bass Lifestyles and Behavior (Bass Series Library)
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Wed, 13 Feb 2008 02:14:45 -0800
Having The Proper Fishing Pole and Supplies To the inexperienced eye, a fishing pole, is a fishing pole, is a fishing pole! But to the experienced fisherman a pole is the 1st item in the list of things you must get right to catch a fish. There are heavy duty salt water poles that are made for catching something huge out of the ocean. And if salt water fishing is what you have in mind then the monster pole is exactly what you need. A person might think that the salt water pole is the way to g
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