Archive for May, 2008
There’s no doubt about it: if you can handle the tension, the internicine conflict, the anti-west sentiment, the guns, the bombs and the army’s customer service policy, Kashmir really does look fabulous.
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Pic of the Day
…every country should have a river called Jerusalem Creek.
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Every country should also embrace the concept of Drinkin’ Beer at the Fly Shop with the kind of gusto shown by some of the legends referred to in this heart-warming thread. I see one Brit beat me to it, asking why we don’t have this kind of [...]
If we can go retro with bamboo rods, fight like hell to hold back the ravages of modern industry and still get dewy-eyed over Theodore Gordon or Izaak Walton, what’s to stop us turning our backs on SUVs and embracing a renaissance of a great American automobile?
I defy anglers and car buffs alike not to [...]
Don’t build your hopes up: the article is every bit as ironic as you probably feared but a good read, nonetheless.
Notwithstanding an admittedly impressive bikini cover shot (scroll down) – assuming that is her body, in an age where the camera lies through its teeth – I’m still wrestling with the subject of whether LeeAnn Rimes is attractive or not. I do, however, know where to go now, when I’ve got one too many fish [...]
I have no problem with women anglers. I Just wish they’d find a new colour. Beneath a headline for which the journalist concerned is probably still congratulating himself, comes the story of FisherGirl: all of it fine, except this bit:
“Dressed in a pink and black hoodie with a pink cap designed to accommodate her ponytail [...]
“I enjoyed it but…jeez…some people…”
I knew just what was coming. I, too, stand on the threshold of an alien world when I contemplate the idea of fishing competitions. Unlike me, however, he had been prepared to take that one step further and while the match hadn’t been devoid of camaraderie by any means, let’s just [...]
“The state Division of Fisheries and Wildlife has published on its Web site ( www.masswildlife.org) a watershed map with coinciding lists of 700 water bodies throughout the state that contain wild, self-sustaining populations of coldwater species of fish.”
Mary Anne Magiera
“My new creed:
taken from “this is my gun”
This is my fly rod. There are many like it but this one is mine. My fly rod is my best friend. It is my life. I must master it as I must master my life. Without me, my fly rod is useless. Without my fly rod I [...]
It was going to be the Eastern Trout Fly Fishing Flies Collection (down 76% from $62.95 to $14.95) but making a late and fairly emphatic run on the outside – although they have had the best part of a century to work up a head of steam – are these early 20th [...]
News- Burns Trout Fishery report - Ayrshire Post
- No fireworks as cold bites hard at Jubilee - Journal Live
- Lords consideration of Commons amendments - Marine and Coastal Access Bill - DeHavilland (press release) (subscription)
- Middlesbrough anglers fined over fishing offences at the Tees Barrage - Fishnewseu (blog)
- Boat fishing ends at the lakes - Weston & Somerset Mercury
- Twitter Taunts
“Best fishing book ever…”
We all have one. I'm taking names...
Ninety-two in the Shade, by Thomas McGuane. "the finest fishing novel ever written, with the possible exception of Moby-Dick" - Paul Quarrington, Toronto Globe & Mail
The Joys of Trout, by Arnold Gingrich. "What a great book to read." - Pastor Caster, FlyAnglers.org
The Habit of Rivers: Reflections on Trout Streams and Fly Fishing, by Ted Leeson. "I find myself coming back to...'Habit of Rivers' quite a bit...Extremely well written book." - sculpin1, Fly Fisherman forum
Curtis Creek Manifesto, by Sheridan Anderson. "...hands-down the best book I’ve found to learn about the basics of fishing." - Kim Jackson, Albany Democrat-Herald
About Me
Taunted By Waters is what Trout Fisherman features editor Jeffrey Prest gets up to between salary negotiations.
Much as he'd like the credit for this play on the famous last words in A River Runs Through It, the real hero is Hannah Nordhaus, who coined the phrase in an article on her first try at flyfishing, for Rocky Mountain News. This blog is dedicated to her. The good bits, anyway.
E-mail Jeff at: jeffrey DOT prest AT bauermedia DOT co DOT uk [no spaces]
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