Archive for June, 2009
If anyone has peed in the wind more than Prince Mostapha Zaher this week, it will surely have drowned them:
“Afghanistan will become again the tourist destination for Central Asia, for Americans, Europeans, for people of all the world. You can hold me to that. In five years. You can grab me by the tie and [...]
Raina Kelley is one devious piece of work. Having hit upon the brainwave of wowing her soulmate with Orvis gear for Father’s Day in order to earn some serious concessions on the domestic admin front in return, she then brazenly revealed her plan to the nation in advance, via her Newsweek column – A Hustler’s [...]
Following on from Tuesday’s post, it seems X-Box users at least will have a measure of additional credibility, care of The Strike fishing pole accessory, which I can also see proving rather popular among totalitarian regime riot police.
Am I really that much of a loony Leftie to be slightly uncomfortable about this?
“A mining company was given the go-ahead by the Supreme Court on Monday to dump waste from an Alaskan gold mine into a nearby 23-acre lake, although the material will kill all of the lake’s fish“
Alaska Governor Sarah Palin, whose name [...]
Good to see Great Wild Outdoors isn’t too proud to get all excited about Wii’s Hooked! Real Motion Fishing.
Video game simulation is an easy target for the innate sniffiness of some anglers but if you’ve thirty minutes to kill and a gift for suspending belief, they can be great fun. Looking at some videos of [...]
From Gray’s Sporting Journal – here’s just a taster:
“Why, sure then, little feller,” Rusty said, his voice dripping with poisoned honey. “Since you promised, there’s some diesel fuel in the yellow jug back there in our boat. Splash a bunch of that on the wood and light it with this.” He tossed the Weasel his [...]
I bow to no man in my admiration for the work of John Gierach, so when someone sticks his neck out to suggest that ‘if you like Gierach, you’ll like this’, I take notice.
Sadly, I can only find the Amazon review page for Don Knaus’ Of Woods and Wild Things but there’s an extract available [...]
* Win £3,000 of tackle
* Save £100 on Cortland cassette reel, lines and backing
* Hywel Morgan DVD special offer
* Catching wild browns in hot weather
* Moffitt ‘hookless fly’ fishing system examined
* Teams of flies and casting without tangles
* Tactics for reservoir dries
* The greatest fluorocarbon knots
* Target carp with sinking flies
* Troutmasters Final report
* [...]
For a minute, I assumed Blow to African weed was about a drugs bust.
Instead, it’s a pleasing tale of how Ireland has successfully tackled an unwelcome floral visitor to one of its iconic western loughs, Lough Corrib.
News- Twitter Taunts
- TauntedbyWaters: Reading: "UK's Draycote Water halts fishing for 2010 – watch this space « Taunted by Waters" ( http://bit.ly/7q5AIc )
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“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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