Archive for July 21st, 2008
Whatever the mixed reviews for Charles Rangeley-Wilson’s last sortie onto the small screen, it would be a stone-hearted angler indeed who wasn’t moved or inspired by the moment when he caught a trout in the kind of London waterway one would assume had been lost forever to the ravages of urban pollution.
If the teary-eyed moment [...]
Taunted By Waters is delighted to acknowledge its first exploitable endorsement – you know, the kind that’s soundbite-sized and can be hawked around all over your publicity material. If you had publicity material.
Admittedly, it falls into the ‘double-edged sword’ category of endorsements, alongside “three-time Oscar nominee” (ie “never good enough to win the darn thing“) [...]
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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