A freshwater biologist by training I drifted into angling journalism and am now Farlows Group marketing manager. A hopelessly inadequate fly angler (the team are hoping to put that right.) I have fished all over the world and am now most at home fishing for River Test grayling, River Ebro catfish, Indian mahseer, or battling giant freshwater stingray on the Thai rivers. Away from my rod I do a bit of shooting and a lot of fruit and vegetable growing!
With lockdown easing across the UK and the option to once again share food outside with family and friends Farlows foodie, Ian Welch, puts a flavoursome Moroccan spin on traditional springtime lamb with an amazing tagine......
2020 didn‘t exactly pan out as any of us expected but the Farlows team was at least able to get out and enjoy some marvellous fishing, here are some of their highlights...
Ian Welch is back in the Farlows kitchen taking a look at one of the finest of all game meats, venison. He includes a brilliant and highly topical recipe for a ‘substantial‘ venison Scotch egg as well as a few Christmas recipe suggestions...
Halloween may be going virtual this year but you should still make the most of your pumpkins! Ian Welch is back in the Farlows kitchen to show you how, with both sweet and savoury delights...
Despite the challenges 2020 has brought, Farlows has continued the evolution of its fieldwear collection and has created a range of stylish and innovative high performance garments which are designed to deliver year after year, whatever the weather...
Lockdown baking became a 'thing' - or at least it did if you could source some flour, now everyone is baking and ‘proper‘ bread is back on the nation‘s menu. ‘Thank goodness for that‘ says Farlows' marketing manager (and regular cook), Ian ...
Most of the Farlows team had their father introduce them to fishing and they have put together this list of top gifts for fishing mad dads everywhere...
For the next in our series of lockdown cookery masterclasses our resident cook, Annie Assheton, passes the culinary baton to Farlows‘ Marketing Manager, Ian Welch...
Awarded annually to the captor of the largest fly–caught salmon from an English or Welsh river, it is one of the greatest trophies in modern salmon fishing – and the 2019 winner is...
Autumn is here and with the weather on the turn it‘s a great time to target pike, perch and zander on the fly. Sam Edmonds offers his expert advice to make sure you get it right...
