You’ve almost certainly heard the old outdoors saying ‘there’s no such thing as bad weather – only the wrong clothing’. And as another ‘Beast from the East’ (aka Storm Caroline) rolls the winter’s first significant snow across the UK, we’re not going to argue with that. After all, that’s why we bring you the best beanies […]
Archive for the tag 'Urbantrout shop'
January 25 2017
Urbantrout Kryptek Highlander fishing trucker caps: New restyled 2017 edition
Way back when we came up with the idea of launching the Urbantrout range of eco-branded clothing (complete with 10% of profits going to help fund urban river mending projects) we knew we wanted to push some of the boundaries of normal fly-fishing clothing in the UK and Europe. After all… what springs to mind […]
October 3 2016
Urbantrout hoodies and beanie hats: it’s that time of year again!
Fly Fest is over for another year, trout season is drawing to a close, and yes, we’re even hearing reports of the first frost of autumn. All this can only mean one thing: it’s time to break out the hoodies and hard-weather beanie hats, and get properly ready for grayling. Urbantrout streetstyle hoodies and beanie […]
August 8 2016
Urbantrout Kryptek camouflage fishing caps land a cameo role in Channel 4’s Eden
What if we could start all over again… and what would you take with you if you could? That’s the premise of Channel 4’s new reality / survival show Eden. 23 participants have been marooned on a remote Scottish peninsula for a year, and left to fend for themselves. Each person has been allowed to […]
June 21 2016
Spreading the urban fishing word: SCALE Magazine features Urbantrout caps, hoodies and other gear
Here at Urbantrout there’s nothing that makes us happier than feeling part of something bigger: the global community of river restorationists, for example, or the international brotherhood of urban fishing fanatics… … which is why we’re truly stoked to see this website, and our Urbantrout gear, featured in the latest very funky monochromatic issue of […]
March 22 2016
New black stripe Urbantrout beanie hats… and what our customers have said!
For the start of the new trout season, we’re shaking up our famous range of urban steelheader beanies – adding a new black-based colourway to our classic olive stripe. So, whether you’re dropping into the concrete canyons of the Trent and Tame, or stalking the dry fly flats of the Taff or Irwell, we reckon […]
February 26 2016
Urbantrout Kryptek Highlander camouflage fishing caps are here!
This is one we’ve been waiting to bring to Europe, the UK and the Urbantrout store for more than a year: a fishing cap in hands-down the most outrageously funky camo pattern we’ve ever seen. According to the ‘battlefield to back country’ developers’ notes, Kryptek’s crisp, graphic camouflage has been blended from a combination of […]
February 4 2016
Urbantrout beanies: Made for keeping the cold out (and still with FREE P&P!)
It’s been a weird (and mostly very wet) winter so far in the UK. But on the off-chance that you can ever actually make it onto the water, Urbantrout’s famous beanie hats are here to keep the weather right outside where it belongs. They’re double-layered, cable-knit, and made with a short front peak to shield your eyes […]
December 15 2015
Happy Christmas to all our readers!
It’s that time of year again (even if some of us are still waiting hopefully for the white fluffy stuff to arrive) and Urbantrout is here to wish all our readers a very fishful festive season. (Don’t forget… the Urbantrout shop will be taking orders for cosy Christmas beanies and hoodies, as well as caps, […]
June 5 2015
Pocket Guide to Balsam Bashing: £5.00 special offer for environmental groups
Invasive non-native species (INNS) tend to thrive most vigorously in places where human impacts are greatest. And that, of course, often means city river corridors and other edgelands where urban river restorationists and fly-fishers like to ply our trade. Now balsam (and floating pennywort, rhododendron, mink, signal crayfish etc…) bashing season is here again, Merlin […]
