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  Update from Alaska (in: Trout & Grayling)
Jul 3, 2009
Leopard Rainbow from AlaskaBrit Nigel Barrow is one of those lucky individuals who makes his living in the summer by guiding up in the game fishing paradise of Alaska. He has sent in some early (for them) season photos to show the sort of fishing that is on offer just to whet our appetites.
  Magnificent wild brown trout caught in Bourne Rivulet (in: Fly Fishing News)
Jul 3, 2009
Terry Lawton reports that a visiting angler has caught an exceptional wild brown trout from one of the new chalk streams created within the curtilage of Vitacress Salads' Lower Link Farm at St Mary Bourne, Hants. The fish - estimated to weigh more than 5 pounds - was seen lying in a small stream close to the end of a culvert, 50 yards upstream of the viaduct shown in the famous view from Chapmansford bridge.
  Toxic algae threatens Welsh Charr - update (in: Fly Fishing News)
Jul 2, 2009
Fish Legal has expressed surprise at what it sees to be the Environment Agency’s apparent lack of concern at the severe and potentially toxic algal blooms in Llyn Padarn, home to one of the rarest fish species in Wales, the arctic charr (Salvelinus alpinus). The Agency recently described the algal bloom as a “natural phenomenon”. We now also have the Welsh Environment Agency's response added to provide both sides of the story.
  Tarpon specials in Cuba with Avalon Fishing Centers (in: Fly Fishing Travel)
Jul 2, 2009
Avalon Fishing Centers are calling this their best tarpon season ever and there are still some rods available if you call soon. They also have a brand new website so surf on over and take a look at what they offer and enjoy the photographs of the area and fishing.
  Save 10% off purchases at Sportfish all July long (in: Fly Fishing News)
Jul 2, 2009
If you were going to be stocking up on some new gear now might be a good time. Sportfish are offering 10% off all purchases during July - see inside for the voucher code and how to order.
  Kids are the winners as fly fishing event raises thousands for charity! (in: Fly Fishing News)
Jul 1, 2009
Sir Ian Botham at Fish and Fly charity eventFish and Fly Ltd helped organise a new charity fly fishing event which took place on the 19th June. The venue was Meon Springs trout fishery in Hampshire which welcomed over 70 specially invited fly fishers along with their pro-celebrity captains led by Sir Ian Botham, already a noted celebrity angler with a TV series and book -  "Botham on Fishing" under his belt, and Charles Jardine who is probably the pre-eminent fly fisher of his generation. Other celebrity captains included soccer pundit Robbie Earle and musician Gary Brooker. There is a short slideshow from the day inside.........
  London fishing megastore ready to open (in: Fly Fishing News)
Jul 1, 2009
Angling Direct are due to open their fifth fishing store this coming Saturday and which they are billing as London's largest. Turn up on the day and you could meet several well known fishing stars they are getting along for the day and grab some opening day bargains. They have a whole section dedicated to the travelling angler as their holiday business takes anglers all around the world from the flats to the Himalayas.
  Fishing on the Frontier - Part 22 - Contrasts - Competition and Conservation (in: Trout & Grayling)
Jun 30, 2009

"In a rough and tumble, helter skelter spring with a fly rod; from deep cold to deep drought, to storms and floods in May! And from the most perfect opportunities for upstream dry for wild trout snatching down the best hatch of March Browns I have ever witnessed in England, on Eden, to chasing rainbows very much looking upwards on Stocks, to catching a few of the best reservoir rainbows in the country, on Chew Valley Lake – and losing the spring international, big time! Sometimes, it seems like too much."

Jeremy Lucas continues his Fishing on the Frontier series....
 
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