Gamekeeper

Alan Edwards believes unique, private experiences can help keepers become more competent and passionate custodians of the countryside

Alan Edwards is conservation manager at Bywell, a Purdey Gold Award estate in Northumberland A gentle plop at the end of a straight line on an almost perfect cast. Surely this time a fish would show some interest in my offering? Sadly not. Wondering how on earth that cast was so good, when so many more before were terrible, I concentrated hard to repeat the sequence. Alas, a crumpled leader landed awkwardly. Briefly my attention was deflected as a mallard duck and four well-grown chicks glided into the pool on a speeding far-bank current. I recast, better I thought, and as the fly took its path down the pool the ducklings were enjoying a find of newly hatched fly life. Suddenly, the mood changed. A gentle alarm call instructed the chicks back…

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Shooting Times & Country (Digital) - 1 Issue, 2-Aug-2023

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