Never Squander a Guide

A few thoughts on how to get the most from a guided fishing day.

Great - but by association only.

Inspired by a visit to the grave of Capt Ronnie Wallace, the greatest amateur huntsman of the 20th century, I look back on my time in charge of hunts; amateur in the worst sense of the word.

What they forget to tell you when you take up fly-fishing

Forget about fancy casts and an encyclopaedic knowleldge of entomology - this is what you really need to know if you want to be a fly angler

Introducing Gasm Drinks

Richard, Sam and Tommy are the family team behind Gasm Drinks—a company that has the sporting countryside written into its DNA.

Hunting. From the quarry’s perspective

An entirely tongue-in-cheek look at hunting from the other end of the gun

An Angler's Arc

The discovery of my old tacklebox in the attic triggers memories and an epiphany

When did you last hear a curlew?

Or for that matter a cuckoo, a nightingale, or a turtle dove. And when did you last see the lapwing's lazy bouncing flight behind a tractor, their sharp acrylic Robin Gilmour patterns now watery colours etched in our minds across a silent landscape

“It’s the little dog’s first day out…”

It's what you've worked towards for many, many months, even years. That doesn't stop, however, the intense nerves and apprehension. Here is my recollection of our first shoot day as it unfolded.

Mum's The Word: why we need to make it easier for mums to get outside

Becoming a mother last year brought home to me the challenges faced and benefits to be had in enabling mums to get outdoors with their kids in all rural pursuits.

Love and poor shooting in a cold climate

In order to test my hypothesis that only the stress-free shoot well, I quit my job and went up to the Isle of Lewis to take on some grouse.

Much more than just a pastime

There are moments in fieldsports that resonate so deeply within us, because they awaken our hunter-gatherer gene, a part of us that is integral to who we are.

It is time to take the fight for wild Atlantic Salmon to the streets

The Icelandic community are protesting vociferously on the streets of their capital against ecological vandalism being perpetrated by big business. Is it time we took their lead and did the same?