Archive for July 22nd, 2008
Great news for California’s urban anglers – maybe. Los Angeles’ famous Sportsmen’s Lodge might not be closing after all.
Situated on Studio City’s Ventura Boulevard, the Lodge became famous (a) as a hang-out for Hollywood’s rich and famous and (b) for the fact that you caught your own dinner at the on-site trout pond. Clarke [...]
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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