Archive for June 30th, 2008
The perpetrators of the latest inadvertent fish slaughter get off a little lightly today, if only because I’m still trying to work out how something called the Song of the Morning Yoga Centre comes to be operating a dam.
“Operating”, it turns out, may be something of a loose term.
“Several miles of the Pigeon River were [...]
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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