Archive for June 27th, 2008
“Fishing for fun slowly losing popularity”
June 27, 2008 in Foreign, In the news
Tags: Canada, fishing, fly fishing story, survey
So says this report in the Calgary Sun.
“[Statistics Canada] says 3.2 million adults bought fishing licences in Canada in 2005, down 25 per cent from the number who hit the water in 1995.”
No mention, sadly, of those who fish, not for fun but for the relief of some deep inner masochism that is almost sexual [...]
News- English beaver re-introduction should enhance salmon fishing, says US activist - Fishnewseu (blog)
- YEAR ROUND FISHING FOR RAINBOWS AT CROSSLEY - Mearns Today
- £500000 to restore rivers of Carmarthenshire - BBC News
- Plans for River Itchen prompt questions of trust - Times Online
- A whole wild salmon on sale for £3... so what's the catch? - Daily Mail
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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
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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.
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Overheard this week in the Trout Fisherman office...
"Just because I had a dessert spoon does not make me 'a big southern ponce'.."
"I'll know where to come next time I need a kick up the a***"
"There's only one Johnny Cash in this office..."
"All my practical jokes involve winches and pulleys"
"I think my fingers are putting on weight"
"Why would anyone send me an envelope of WD40?"
"Do you have any morality whatsoever?"
"I work in Sales..."
"I don't have a fetish for leather but three weeks wearing a jacket like that and I could soon develop one"
"I'm going to come over there and give you a step-dad style smacking"
"'EastEnders' is sooo powerful when you're hungover"
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