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Orvis announces Game Fair charity auction
In 2012 Orvis, America's oldest mail order outfitter is celebrating 30 years in the UK by holding the first ever CLA Game Fair charity auction. A saltwater fly fishing trip for two to Belize and days on the Test and Itchen plus Orvis bamboo fly-rod and Fulling Mill flies are among the lots. ... Full story
Golden Dorado on the Chew for Fly Fishers at Tsimane
The first report of the season is in from Tsimane Lodge in Bolivia via Frontiers Travel where the lucky anglers have been chasing large golden dorado and finding them in good numbers! This spectacular fish should be on most destination fly anglers wish list. ... Full story
Costa Movie Supports New Sport Fishery in Guyana
Sunglasses manufacturer Costa Del Mar have sponsored a new movie called "Jungle Fish" based around their 'Protect Guyana' project. In the rivers and ponds of Guyana's unspoiled rain forest, they found a place where sport fishing can preserve the country's natural resources and culture by supporting its indigenous peoples in a responsible way. ... Full story
VIPs gather on the Ponoi to discuss Kola's 'wild lands'
News from Matt Breuer of Ponoi River Company's Ryabaga camp this week included visitations from the governor to Murmansk region Marina Kovtun and the party of PRC owner Ilya Sherbovich. Apart from sampling the salmon-fishing, the parties met up to discuss the future of the Ponoi and other Kola rivers. ... Full story
Ladies raise money to beat breast cancer
Based in the North-east of England, the group Ladies Fishing has helped spearhead an influx of women into the sport of flyfishing and their charitable achievements are winning friends throughout the UK. Here, Anne Woodcock outlines recent activities and their plans for a full season of fly-fishing effort. ... Full story
Home For Salmon FREE TO VIEW
The current issue of Game Fisher’s Diary includes the first two parts of Home For Salmon – a not-to-be-missed documentary about the Atlantic Salmon Reserve of Kharlovka in the Kola Peninsula of Russia featuring international fly angling superstar Mikael Frodin. ... Full story
New life emerges as dams come down on the Elwha
Despite tons of sediment left behind, vegetation is beginning to transform a drained lake bottom in the Elwha River Valley and of interest to anglers, a steelhead has already been found taking advantage of the new river it can now access. ... Full story
Week 2 on the Ponoi - Latest News
As reported previously, the opening week on the Ponoi on Russia's fabled Kola Peninsula saw good numbers of Atlantic Salmon for the early rods. Has that continued? Camp manager Matt Breuer chimes in with his second week report from the front line. ... Full story
66 Salmon Per Rod for the Ponoi
News just in from Frontiers' Tarquin Millington-Drake who is at Ryabaga camp is that the 1st week of the 2012 Ponoi season has blasted off with an average of 66 Atlantic salmon per rod. ... Full story
UDN Found in Spey Salmon
A disease that devastated wild salmon in Scottish rivers in the 1970s has been found in a fish taken from the River Spey, BBC Scotland has learned. Officials said it was not yet known how infectious this particular strain of Ulcerative Dermal Necrosis (UDN) was. ... Full story
Huge Porbeagle Shark Caught and Released in Cornwall
The BBC has reported on a huge porbeagle shark estimated...
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Book Review: Keeper by Martin Donovan
Subtitled - "A Life Amongst Fishes and Those Who Catch...
Fly Fishing in Europe - Slovenia: The Marble Trout Religion
The Marble Trout (salmo trutta marmoratus) is considered one of...