Fiction and biographies

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The Sage of Dibbin Creek Jan 11. 2024 Novel A capturing and sometimes touching novel about a young boy whose life is formed by farming, outdoors activities and fishing	Fish Camp Fail Dec 15. 2022 Funny Joining author Ben Jailler on his fishing trips in the UK is bound to bring a smile on your face – and probably make you laugh out uncontrollably a few times
Chalk and Cheese Dec 14. 2020 French An English flyfisher acquires a house in France - which just happens to have a chalk stream running its property	Reflections on the Loch Dec 7. 2019 Lake fishing A book on UK style lake fishing for trout, written in a personal and entertaining - but still very informative - tone

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Review The Sage of Dibbin Creek Jan 11. 2024 Novel A capturing and sometimes touching novel about a young boy whose life is formed by farming, outdoors activities and fishing	Video The Feather Mechanic - A fly tyers philosophy Jan 27. 2023 The Craft presents a film about Gordon Van Der Spy, “The feather mechanic”, a master fly tyer who gives us his thoughts and philosophy on the craft of fly fishing and his passion for fly tying.	Review Fish Camp Fail Dec 15. 2022 Funny Joining author Ben Jailler on his fishing trips in the UK is bound to bring a smile on your face – and probably make you laugh out uncontrollably a few times
Review Chalk and Cheese Dec 14. 2020 French An English flyfisher acquires a house in France - which just happens to have a chalk stream running its property	Review Reflections on the Loch Dec 7. 2019 Lake fishing A book on UK style lake fishing for trout, written in a personal and entertaining - but still very informative - tone	Review Backwoods Brook Trout Aug 21. 2018 Review "I spent most of 1949 in utero, gradually gaining awareness that something truly good awaited once I left the waters of my beginnings." A review of Frederick Prince's book.
Review The Feather Thief May 21. 2018 Full dressed A fascinating "true crime" story that tells about the theft of skins from protected bird from a natural history museum in the UK with the purpose of using them for fly tying	Review Take the F...ing Fly Sep 24. 2014 THE FUNK cloaks my heart, Hazes my mind, Chokes out fun, Good friends and sunshine. All for a fish That will eat that f*king fly.	Review Salmon fishing in the Yemen Aug 21. 2012 This book was brought to my attention by GFF contributor Bob Kenly.
Review The Trout Diaries Jul 6. 2012 Derek Grzelewski's book The Trout Diaries takes the reader on a relaxed, yet exciting trip through the seasons of a year in a fly-fisherman's life.	Review Fishing Sense Mar 2. 2012	Review Trout at Ten Thousand Feet Feb 7. 2012
Review Chalk Streams and Lazy Trout Nov 10. 2011	Review Fishing Season Oct 11. 2011 This is one of those books that I wish I bumped into more often. I did actually bump into this one.	Review I've Never Met an Idiot on the River Sep 6. 2011 When I first took note of Mr. Winkler's book, it was on amazon.com, in a search for fly fishing books.

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