Archive for July 17th, 2008
If we’re now seriously entertaining the idea of glorified birdsnests as clothing accessories, then I’m launching my own wet fly body-piercing collection.
Hell, I can turn calamity into opportunity as much as the next man and the back of the neck seems to be virgin territory where piercing is concerned.
Don’t think “How bad does your cast [...]
…is ‘Redneck Riviera‘, as in “I’ve got a guide for a day…but the rest of the week(or so) I’ll be hoofing it… on an island off the coast of Alabama“.
This might be common parlance in the States but it’s a new one on me. As to which part of the UK it could be applied [...]
News- Dream fishing expeditions - guardian.co.uk
- Take it from an expert: how to eat fish sustainably - Times Online
- British Columbia: my very own call of the wild - guardian.co.uk
- Calling anglers... chance to net Ure own bit of heaven - Yorkshire Post
- Fraser on Fishing: I was trout of luck on Loch Fad but still hooked a pike - Edinburgh Evening News
- 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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