Fieldsports magazine... for game shooting & fishing field sports enthusiasts the essential quarterly magazine. Fans of field sports such as shooting and fishing will love it. Field sports for all.
Leading field sports artists, known for shooting and fishing pictures, featuring shooting and fishing scenes, are featured. Along with the best shoots and fishings and the great sporting estates where field sports abound.
Field sports fans love eating the fruits of shooting and fishing adventures, so game cookery is big in Fieldsports magazine. And Fieldsports also features top restaurants which offer pheasants and salmon in their menus.
Lots of fishing too. Salmon, trout and sea-trout - fishing all around the UK will appeal to field sports enthusiasts. Fieldsports magazine is for them too. A very high percentage of game shooters also fish in the summer.
Not forgetting field sports, both shooting and fishing, around the world. Partridge shooting in Spain, pheasants in Hungary, elephants in Tanzania and game bird shooting in Tanzania. Again Fieldsports magazine has it all.
Shooting instruction with invaluable shooting tips, and experts on new and old guns. A full guide to shotguns is included. Side-by-side-shotguns and over-under shotguns. Fieldsports looks at all the recommended makers.
Wild pheasants and partridges always appeal to field sports enthusiasts. Fieldsports magazine has shoots that have grown from practically nothing.
In other words every field sports enthusiast will love Fieldsports magazine. Fieldsports is a must.
Fieldsports magazine is the essential quarterly title for all who enjoy game shooting and fishing.
Features include field sport grouse shooting, partridge shooting, pheasant shooting and shoot conservation, It is an essential read for shooting enthusiasts, with much more editorial than any other shooting magazine.
Leading sporting artists who focus on game species such as woodcock and snipe are also featured. There are articles on the best shoots around the country and also the great sporting estates.
Game cookery is also a key element in Fieldsports, along with restaurants serving game dishes.
For the fisherman there are authoritative articles on salmon, trout and sea-trout, with fishing in all parts of the UK and overseas. A very high percentage of game shots enjoy to fish in he summer and Fieldsports is for them.
Not forgetting sport abroad in our fist issue there is partridge shooting in Spain, pheasants in Hungary, elephants in Tanzania, and game birds in Zululand.
Leading authorities talk about shooting instruction with invaluable shooting tips, and there are experts on new and old guns. The new issue has a comprehensive guide to buying an over-under gun. Many side-by-side shotgun users are now thinking about the over-under 12 bore and 20 bore, and the Fieldsports guide looks at all the recommended gunmakers.
Developing a shoot for wild pheasants and partridges is another key subject area with two stories of partridge shoots that have been established from virtually nothing.
In other words, a big, entertaining and informative read for the shooting and fishing sportsman. Fieldsports is a must.
Christmas with the big boys
Toni Karuvaara achieved a dream when he flew to the turquoise waters of Christmas Island - on a mission to land his first ever giant trevally, aka a GT.
My first encounter with a GT (or Ulua locally) came on the first morning outside Paris Flat, after 30 minutes fishing. Nothing was going right. My rod and line set up was not good and the line didn't work. I was struggling and embarrassed; my casting was all over the place because of the wind. I saw one big GT feeding on a shallow coral flat where huge waves were rolling. Good job I never hooked it because the bottom was thick coral and I would have lost my line and backing trying to fight it.
I had a great chance to hook one five hours later on Smokey Flat. I saw a 40lb GT approaching across the flat from my upwind side, moving fast in shallow water towards us. I changed rods quickly, tore 15 yards of line off the reel and made the cast. The fish took the fly instantly. I struck hard but failed to connect and all I saw was a big boil and the huge fish was swimming back to the deeps. I couldn't believe that it was over so quickly. The second day I hooked a monster GT and was taught a hard lesson about what can happen when you are playing one of these brutal, grey bullies.
My first mistake was I was not watching my fly line, the second that I wasn't ready for it. I was standing on top of a big coral ridge inside the lagoon somewhere on White Point. The tide was going out and there were bones, triggers and some milkfish (Chanos chanos) in a big school. I was watching these silver fish swimming past, downwind in the sea. Suddenly I saw a big GT cruising towards me from the opposite direction. I changed my rod and got ready to cast; the wind was bad again and I had a tough time controlling the slack line. I cast and the fish spooked; I stripped back and cast again into the water.
The second the fly hit, the surface exploded, the fish on and running. At the same time the loose line became tangled around my arm and reel, and I came close to losing my hand. I managed to untangle it but the line with a 50lb core was still wrapped around my reel, which broke with a crack. Had it been locked tight around my hand, my trip would have ended there and then. I wasn't paying attention and I paid the price. I was hurt, lost my fly line and lost a well-hooked fish in a perfect place to land it. My big chance and I blew it.
Read all of Toni’s article in the Winter 2009/10 issue of Fieldsports magazine. Back issues of Fieldsports Magazine are available from our shop.