Fishing on the Frontier - Part 22 - Contrasts - Competition and Conservation

“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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Following on from Terry Lawton’s recent review of the Varivas fly lines, Lakeland Fly Tying now have them available as shown here in their latest newsletter. If you are looking to treat yourself to a new vice then it is hard to beat a Renzetti - check out the models in stock inside and save £30 on the Special Edition Deluxe Mastervice!

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Alexandria, VA – June 24, 2009 – For the first time in more than 10 years, the world’s largest sportfishing trade show will head to Orlando, Fla., located in the heart of the powerful Southeastern sportfishing market. From July 15-17, the global sportfishing industry will converge on the Orange County Convention Center for the International Convention of Allied Sportfishing Trades, better known as ICAST. Produced by the American Sportfishing Association (ASA), the sportfishing industry’s trade association, ICAST represents the cornerstone of the sportfishing industry, helping to drive sportfishing companies’ product sales year round.

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In an unprecedented move a leading fish farming company has paid compensation to wild salmon managers following the escape of juvenile salmon from a freshwater farm. This follows the discovery last September by the River Forth Fisheries Trust (RFFT) of juvenile farmed salmon in the River Devon, a tributary of the Forth, at a site immediately downstream of a fish farm operated by Mainstream Scotland, part of the giant Norwegian salmon production conglomerate CERMAQ. The company initially refused to accept that the fish originated from its facility - even though the location at Fossaway Bridge is upstream of a waterfall that is impassable to wild salmon.

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Just two months since the launch of the new Fly Fisher Travel arm of the well known Fly Fisher Group and they are already underway with offers to fish in Iceland, the Yokanaga and even chasing the aggresive tigerfish and more in Zambia!

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