Short takes

Short reviews of things that we've read or seen, but not reviewed in-depth.

Fishing terrestrials in the third on Niels Vestergaard's videos on fishing and fly tying. We go fishing in Denmark, Greenland, Germany, New Zealand and Sweden, and the back to the vice to tie the...
This is a fly tying book from 1995 and that's pretty obvious when you run through it. Simple in scope, plain and fairly boring plates of a bunch of flies accompanied by a pattern description...
Robin Armstrong has been painting most of his life, but also used to be a river keeper. This book catches the life on a chalkstream in beautiful images and nicely written text. Also see our article...
Atkinson's photos are all over the place: in magazines, in catalogs, in books, online and offline. That means that we have seen a lot of them already, and I have been disappointed before when buying...
A stunningly beautiful and fascinating book in spite of its extremely simple concept: paint a picture of each of as many trout species and variations as possible. Simple images: a fish flat on its...
An introduction to an undervalued and underestimated fishing destination: fishing in the middle of the city. Starting out about a mile from the center of UK town Sheffield, Dean Andrews & John...
A video about the fabled Hex fishing in Michigan. Lots of personal stories about the fishing, beautiful river scenery... and fishing in the dark where the Hexagenia hatches.
A nice contemporary as well as historical account of the fishing in New Zealand's Lake Taupo told though images, video and interviews.
Endless pike action with large fish being caught from boat. Entertaining indeed!
A very educating and beautiful DVD about NZ fishing with guide Dean Bell as a very good angler and instructor.
Small Fry is the physical incarnation of an online experiment performed by author ron P. swegman and this site in cooperation. A series of chapters or short stories, written and illustrated by...

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