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Entries in Writing (162)

Thursday
May062010

Radio Four Book of the Week - Blood Knots

You can listen to two readings of ‘Blood Knots’ by Luke Jennings on the BBC's Radio 4.

LINK (Via: Caught by the River)

Tuesday
Apr202010

The Hardy Book of the Salmon Fly

Since 1873, Hardy has included hundreds of salmon flies in its annual Anglers’ Guides. In this book Keith Harwood has chosen fifty patterns, which are representative of the history of the salmon fly and of Hardy’s association with it.

LINK  (Via:The Medlar Press)

 

Friday
Apr092010

Blood Knots (Of Fathers, Friendship & Fishing)

Review by John Andrews

In ‘Blood Knots (Of Fathers, Friendship & Fishing’) Luke Jennings has produced an eloquent and deeply moving angling memoir. As with every angler’s story the fishing is constant but it is the people behind it that seize the reader and to borrow Lynn Barber’s words from the dust jacket will ‘haunt’ them. As such this is a tale about a lost world occupied by ghosts.

LINK (Via: Caught by the River)

Tuesday
Mar302010

The Fish Schtick Podcast Episode 35 - Anders Halverson

Anders Halverson joined us on the latest episode of The Fish Schtick. He’s the author of “An Entirely Synthetic Fish: How Rainbow Trout Beguiled America and Overran the World.” Anders is an award-winning journalist with a Ph.D. in ecology from Yale University. With support from the National Science Foundation, he wrote this book as a research associate at the University of Colorado’s Center of the American West.

Here’s what James Prosek had to say about An Entirely Synthetic Fish:

It's a fascinating story of man’s urge to cultivate and disseminate a beautiful coldwater fish—at times to the detriment of native species but also the joy of anglers who would not otherwise have the opportunity to catch a trout. A gripping blend of early American history, discussions on taxonomy, and questions of how best to preserve wildness and the indigenous in a world where the human relationship to Nature is complex and always changing.

A big thanks goes out to Dr. Sam Snyder for getting us connected with Anders.

It was a really interesting show!

LINK (Via Mauro Media)

Monday
Mar012010

It's a Monday dueling double dose of on-line fly mags

Hit the respective covers to be redirected.

Monday
Feb222010

The Perfect Cure for the Shack Nasties

The latest issue of The Drake is on newsstands now. LINK