Midcurrent reviews the latest Orvis fly-fishing sling pack (we’re loving the digital camo colourway for stealthy urban ops… stay tuned for something special!) Retreat from trouble: the Porter Brook’s native white-clawed crayfish are evacuated from Sheffield city centre to a high-altitude ark site somewhere in the surrounding Pennines A few miles upstream from that tunnel, […]
Archive for the tag 'Fishing gear'
December 15 2012
Urbantrout sidecasts: Saturday 15 December
Urban fishing bonus: starlings throw shapes in the winter sky over Taunton’s Obridge viaduct (above, via the Daily Mail) Discover tenkara: Paul Gaskell, John Pearson and Stuart Crofts host a have-a-go day for Sheffield’s SPRITE volunteers The Wandle Trust wins £1m+ funding for Water Framework Directive-related urban river restoration across south London City centre salmon […]
November 28 2012
Fishtec: Feeling the blog love…
It’s a real honour to announce that Fishtec, the tackle retailer based in urbantrout’s favourite Usk valley town of Brecon (hint: check out the Breconshire fishery) have now listed this site in their second instalment of fly-fishing blogs to be reckoned with. Fishtec’s online marketing manager Kieron Jenkins, himself no mean writer and blogger, has […]
