The choice between over and under or side by side shotgun will be forever open for debate. While tradition has favoured side by sides, an over and under will not…
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Daffodils are glorious yellow heralds of spring
Daffodils are the first signs of colour in the garden after the drab winter. That other spring favourite, rhubarb, is also creaking pinkly out of the ground at the same…
Fishing for early trout
The early fly-fisher may just catch the early trout. Choose your river carefully, fish nymphs and dries and a trout will be in your sights
Hot-smoked trout and watercress tart
Hot-smoked trout and watercress tart Studded with fresh watercress and succulent trout, this tart makes a fabulous lunch or addition to an Easter feast. Serves 8 You will need a…
April 2025
Conservation is front and centre in our April issue. We’ve got Joe Dimbleby on an innovative relocation project on Northern estates that aims to expand the range of the enigmatic…
Fabarm Autumn Elite 20-bore
This gun review concerns a Fabarm Autumn Elite 20-bore: a 28in-barrelled, trigger-plate side-by-side with single selective trigger. It is a bells-and-whistles version of the firm’s Autumn model, with silver nitride…
How to find trout
Where do trout lie? If you want to catch a trout it helps to know where they are. Fish the right water and maximise your chances
Tom Croft interviewed by The Field
Throughout his rugby career, whether playing for Leicester Tigers, England or the British & Irish Lions, Tom Croft was encouraged to uphold the sport’s core values of teamwork, respect, discipline…
Top workhorse guns for less than £10,000
Workhorse guns for under £10,000 Some guns simply punch above their weight when it comes to the equation of ‘price x performance’. These are the guns one finds oneself reaching…
Sound advice on shotgun cartridges
“If a sportsman true you’d be, listen carefully to me… ” Mark Hanbury Beaufoy penned A Father’s Advice in 1902 when he presented his 15-year- old son with his first…