A Compleat Compendium of Fact, Folklore, Fun and Fancy on the Gentle Art of Angling

A rare BBC radio recording from February 1970, featuring, among others, angling greats Fred J Taylor and Clive Gammon, folk song from Brett Stevens and even an angling quiz, presented by one of the greatest natural history writers and broadcasters, the late Eric Simms.

Listen to it as a podcast HERE and view the original LP artwork in the Caught by the River gallery HERE.

Via: Caught By the River

The Fish Schtick Special Episode - End of the Line – Charles Clover and Christopher Hird

Charles Clover and Christopher Hird joined the Fish Schtick from Great Britain. Charles is a journalist and author, with a weekly column about environmental matters in the Sunday Times. He was Environment Editor of The Daily Telegraph, based in London, from 1988-2008. He has been elected national journalist of the year by the British Environment and Media Awards three times, in 1989, 1994 and 1996. His book, “The End of the Line: how over-fishing is changing the world and what we eat,” has been described as “The Inconvenient Truth of our Oceans.”

Christopher Hird was the Executive Producer for the film “End of the Line” – the onscreen documentary adaptation of Charles’ book. Mr. Hird is one of the UK’s most experienced producers of documentaries and factual television, who has made films and television programs for broadcasters all over the world. His company Dartmouth Films specializes in making independent documentaries which make a difference. One of his previous films Black Gold, championed the cause of fair trade for coffee producers. He hopes the End of the Line will do the same for sustainable fishing.

LINK  (Via:Mauro Media)

The Fish Schtick Episode 34 - Andrew Bennett

Andrew Bennett runs Deneki Outdoors, which operates fly fishing lodges in Alaska, British Columbia, the Bahamas and Chile. They also have one of the freshest, richest blogs on the internet, and you get their daily dose right in your e-mail inbox. We got Andrew to unload some fish stories from some of the greatest destinations on the planet today, and we know he’s got them because we read ‘em every day.

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Fish Schtick Episode 32 - Shaw Grigsby

The man is a legendary stick, a hell of a nice guy, and loves to pull out the fly rod whenever he gets the chance.

Shaw Grigsby is a bass fishing icon. He’s been a professional angler for over 25 years, and wherever he shows up, so does a crowd of fans. He’s won over $1.5 Million fishing bass tournaments. His show, “One More Cast,” can be seen every week on Versus. His book, “Bass Master Shaw Grigsby: Notes on Fishing and Life,” is the only book on bass fishing ever published by the National Geographic Society.

This weekend Shaw fishes his 12th Bassmaster Classic on Lay Lake near Birmingham, Alabama.

LINK (Via:Mauro Media)

Episode 31 - Dr. Aaron Adams - Bonefish Tarpon Trust

You saw him in one of our Fish Schtick Video Shorts last year at the FFR Show. Dr. Aaron Adams is the Director of Operations and Research for Bonefish & Tarpon Trust.  He works to preserve inshore game fish like Bonefish, Tarpon, Snook and Permit from the mangroves to the marl flats. Aaron is a scientist, author, and avid fly angler who is helping recreational anglers make the connection between scientific research and what’s happening on the water. In addition to the latest developments on the research front Dr. Adams gives us an update on the after effects of the recent Florida cold snap.

LINK (Via: Mauro Media)

Fish Schtick Episodes 29 and 30

Episode 29 - Thad Robison

Thad returns to the Schtick to give a sneak peek of the 2010 edition of the Fly Fishing Film Tour. The tour kicks off next week and according to Thad it is the best line up of films in the history of the tour.

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Episode 30  - Bill Farnum - Casting 4 A Cure

Bill Farnum has been an avid fly fisherman as long as he can remember. He picked up his first fly rod on a trip to the Upper Sacramento River while attending college at UC Davis. Today he lives in Sherwood, Oregon with his wife Beth and their two kids, Ella and Alex. Their first daughter, Ella, has Rett syndrome, which led Bill to create Casting 4 A Cure – an organization dedicated to helping researchers find a cure for Rett Syndrome in the next 10 years, while helping support Rett families in the here and now. While addressing a serious, and deeply personal issue for Bill, their events manage to be a lot of fun, and raise some serious cash for the cause.

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