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A free recipe from Eat your Weeds for spring foragers for Chickpea Pesto
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A free sample recipe for the group for spring foragers from Eat your Weeds, a book that showcases surprise ingredients that are commonly found and harvested. This book not only shows 170 recipes for sweet and savoury dishes, but also details the plants medicinal properties, culinary uses, and traditional uses.
Do you want to take better photographs of wildlife this year when you travel... here's how
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Richard Barrett is a professional wildlife photographer. Over the years he has travelled the globe with famous photographers like Mark Carwardine. He was often asked by friends for travel advice and photographic tips based on his experience. He decided to share his knowledge in a book, his stunning large format hardback Wild World (£30).
Mastering fly tying techniques with Barry Ord Clarke - Podcast interview Ireland on the Fly
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This week it’s a fly tying book club special with Barry Ord Clarke aka The Feather Bender. Barry’s new book, Advanced Fly Tying Techniques has just been released and is a must-read for anyone looking to develop their fly tying skills further. We spoke to Barry about his incredible fly tying career, his hugely successful YouTube channel and his unusual introduction to learning to tie flies. For more from Barry visit: https://www.thefeatherbender.com/ 
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Meet Hans van Klinken in 2025 at international flytying fairs and events
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Hans van Klinken started flyfishing at the age of 15 in Norway. He immediately fell in love with the unbridled beauty of the Arctic regions. Hans’ greatest outdoor experience was in 1975 when he spent almost four months in the wilderness of Lapland, where he learned how to survive in the forest and on the tundra.
Hans began flytying in 1976. By the early 1980s, he was creating his own designs, mostly parachutes. This eventually led to his development of several unusual patterns and tying techniques. His international fame increased as he continued his meticulous development of his flies, giving demonstrations, workshops and classes around the world.
Armed with his backpack, rod and flytying material, he and his future wife Ina travelled round Scandinavia as far north as Svalbard and later Europe and North America, fishing their way around. It was in the large variety of the river systems and lakes of Scandinavia and Finland that he honed his flyfishing skills.
Hans’ retirement now makes it possible to commit fully to the world of flyfishing and related environmental issues. He has finally found the time to write his long-awaited first book which sheds light on his ground-breaking thinking behind the world famous Klinkhåmer fly and variations.
Throughout his life he has held free-of-charge educational programmes and flytying lessons for youngsters, something he sees as his way of giving back to society.
Saudi Prince Khalid's Racing Colours - A free extract from Ashforth's Curiosities of Horseracing
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Have you ever wondered how racing colours are chosen? David Ashforth gives us a rather famous example involving the selection of Saudi Prince Khalid's racing colours. If you enjoy reading it, this is one of many short stories in David Ashforth's book, Curiosities of Horseracing.
A must read for anyone looking to dip in and out of a book about a quirky sport and its participants.
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