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Nine years ago names like Monster Bay, Sea Bay or El Puesto meant nothing to us fly fishers but in a few short years they have become iconic, hallowed pieces of water that we talk of with lust in our eyes and dream of fishing when conditions are right. They have very quickly established themselves amongst the great, revered fly-fishing …
The first ever driven partridge drive to take place in Spain was at Ventosilla in 1884. It was my friend Antonio Cavero’s great-grandfather who organized this historical event and he, his son and now his great-grandsons (one of whom is Antonio) have been arranging partridge shooting at Ventosilla ever since. Today, Spanish partridge shooting has probably never been more popular …
We are so often asked about fishing the saltwater in January or February and we always try and explain to clients why Los Roques is so reliable at this time of year. The first section of this piece explains why this is the case compared to destinations further north. I will then explain what takes place at Los Roques in …
…Oslo, Northern Lights, Snowmobiling, Ice Hotel and the Atlantic Salmon Conference I fished Alta for my twenty-fifth season in July of 2015 and have always wanted to visit in the winter. We have talked about it incessantly round the camp fire but reality meant never getting around to making a definitive plan. When I received the invitation from the Alta …
Los Roques, Venezuela, has always been one of my favourite places. I love the pancakes flats and the way one has a boatman to drop you one end and pick you up the other thus wasting no time; the variety of fishing for bones with baitfish patterns which slam the fly rather that the shrimp pick-up take; the ever-present, characterful …
Pluma Camp – Tsimane – Bolivia It was meant to be the dry season and, at this time of year, the dorado run these rivers, the Secure, Pluma and Itirizama following the run of sabalo, an algae eating silver, almost roach-looking fish, from 1 to 3 lbs in size on average. They run in big numbers and populate the shallows …
The immigration and customs documents were typical, tiny boxes in which to write especially for someone with my name, so much so it rendered them so tiny they seemed pointless. Arrival was very easy, not too many people, no queues, and through I went. The immigration documents are like the old US green documents for Brits and Australians where they …
My colleague, Richard Scrope, and I were very lucky to be invited to join the leaseholders of the Thvera/Kjara for the opening of the Thvera (read about prime time here) on 12th June and the Kjara opens on the 15th June (read about opening in 2013 here). I love how the Icelanders get so excited about the opening days – …
