Archive for June 9th, 2008
It’s not the idea of waist-deep water suddenly dropping 80 feet that surprises me in this tragic tale of life lost in Scotland, it’s the fact that an inland water can have currents capable of dragging a man under and not letting go.
All water is potentially deadly, of course, but it strikes me that the [...]
“Stram´ash – vt 1 to strike, beat or bang; to break; to destroy; n. a turmoil; a broil; a fray; a fight”
All of which should make this charming tale of riverside folk that much easier to embrace:
Court heard fisherman went berserk during loch-side ’stramash’
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New product – salmon fly storage device
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Rod review – St Croix Avid [...]
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“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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