Fishing The Fly Scotland
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Anyone doing some reading During the sentence😢
I'm reading "prospecting for trout" by Tom Rosenbauer. Good read so far.
Also have Norman Mcleans "A river runs through it". Love the movie, got to read the book.
And I left Jeremy Wade's "how to think like a fish" at work. Idiot!!
Still like a reach for Rivers and lochs of Scotland. Imagine I'm in the places described.
Anyone else got any good reads?!
Ben
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I have read a lot of fishing books Only one has any relevance , a Man may fish, by TC Kings mill moor, other wise I read Sci Fi. I am reading Pavane by Keith Roberts at the moment, a different take on a futuristic Britain, my collection of fishing books just sits on the shelf for the most part, I made a scrap book out of all the fishing Mags I used to buy, so that is my reference for flies, I have Henzells art of Loch fishing written during the "golden" age,each book since seems to be a rehash, hence my love of Sci Fi.and Kurt Vonnegut for a laugh,breakfast of champions, is well worth a read, hey ho the lock in is making the cabin fever a bit tight, take care all of you and stay in doors , but not like Ms Calderwood, LOL, Derek Roxborough
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Everything by John Gierach and Geoffrey Bucknall. Agreed on Kingsmill Moore and Norman McLean.
The Old Man and the Sea by Hemmingway is excellent. Salmon fishing by Richard Waddington still holds value, as does Falkus Sea Trout.
Dermot Wilson Fishing the Dry Fly is excellent too.
I need to read some Lee Wulff, Topher Brown and a few others and if this lock down continues and Amazon or Coch y Bondhu books still deliver that might happen.
Euan
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Good shout on Lee Wulff Euan. After reading Arthur Òglesby's book on salmon and sea trout, they were good friends. A huge believer that anything above 6-7 foot rod was a handicap, even for salmon!? Did actually look at his books but opted for the prospecting for trout I'm reading at the moment. My dad still has the Falkus books, both good reads!
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I picked up a copy of Ernest Schweibert’s ‘ a river for Christmas’. It a bit slower going than I’m used too but he paints a nice picture and tells some big stories. About half way through now.
Thomas Mcguane and ‘the longest silence ‘is one of my favourites and I read it every year, never gets old. It’s next up.
and Rene Harrops ‘learning from the water’ is my table book for when the telly is on something uninteresting , it takes me to the river and teaches me things.
Sandy
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I have found reading about any sort of fishing only heightens the feeling of Cabin fever, so I try escapism, by not reading about it, because it may not happen this year,I like all the other suggestions except Falkus, C&R was anathema to the man Roddy Haig Brown was a better fisherman, Derek Roxborough
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Sandy,
Tom McGuane! That was the other one that I needed to discover. Thanks, off to Amazon!
John Gierach podcast with Miss Vokey is really good by the way.
Euan
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Amazon failed but Coch Y Bondhu Books came up trumps.
Euan
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You won’t regret it, best story teller by far :z16
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I have very little Respect for Falkus as a man, having read stories about him. His books are probably the most comprehensive I've read regarding tactics though. I don't believe it was only him that was against C and R to be honest, in my opinion it was a generational issue.
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Sorry Ben, There are many others pre falkus that are better writers, I have mentioned KM Moore, then there is Brennand , Taverner,, PM Phillips, Horsfall Turner,and Henzell,, Derek Roxborough,
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I'm not implying Falkus is in anyway the best and I'm sure there are many better. I've just finished one and passed it onto my old man, called "trout fishing from all angles" that was great. I've read a fair share myself some better then others naturally. I love looking through old book shop shelves to find something I think will be interesting.
Ben
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Aye .... having a forage around a good book shop is good fun :z16
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A friend of mine use to fish the same river as him. He [my friend] was saying how he was a lovely caster to watch but saw catch anything. Have a lot of old books with some by A. Grimble. The fishing was a lot better then ??? he says on one of the rivers I know a bit about that the year 1904 there was never a fish seen or caught all season.
The modern books [last 50 or so years] all say much the same thing. It is if they have copied bits from each other.
Bob.
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"trout from all angles" is one of Taverners, a magic fly tier, Megan Boyd used his Tying flies for salmon, E Horsfall Turner tied a fly Known as Erics Beetle, I have it on a cast most of the time, but he was also a Tunny fisherman, from Scarbrough, he wrote Anglers Cavalcade, this tunny fishing was from wooden Dinghies with the big old Scarbrough Reels, and Green Hart rods, Derek Roxborough
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Derek, I enjoyed it. My dad is enjoying it also. I read in my car for 10 mins every morning before work. Gives me some peace and quiet. Have a book at work for lunch time but don't always get peace to read it, theres a political expert (welder) at my table, who's opinion must be heard. Yea Mike, first bit of furniture we bought for our house was a good old fashioned looking book shelf.
Ben
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I have 5 bookshelves in the house, another book to read is Charlie MacClarens book on Seatrout when he was the manager at Kinlochewe fishing Loch Maree, he name the fly after his wife, My pal is Married to his daughter Maree,
Derek Roxborough
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this one is for the purists, "The Book of The Hackle " by Frank Elder,I bought my first capes from Him in the 6o's a Cochy Bondhu and an Iron blue, he was breeding for colour before the American Genetic breeders, and before they got round to Crossing in Yokohama Birds with the extreme hackle lengths,He was from round the Haddington Area, The book is out of print , but worth a read if you can get it, Derek Roxborough
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Good to see there are some readers on the go. Sadly a lot of people in current society just want to go on facebook groups and ask things like " what's everyone's go to fly for......" and "is ............. fishing well at the minute". Whilst I'm not against technology I still prefer a good book over the internet myself.
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every one wants it to be Instant fishing, very few people want to discover for their selves, so we have You tube and other instant methods, I couldn't live without reading, but I could live with out the rest, Derek Roxborough
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While it is good to sit down with a book the internet has its uses. I started fly-tying about 70 years ago and had to learn everything by my self. Even a simple thing like winding a hackle had to be thought out. Now you can go on to y tube and look up Davy McPhail and see how to tie anything. This would have saved me many years trying to tie but I would also have lost a lot of the learning pleasure. I spent one season fishing for the trout with one fly pattern [black spider] and proved to myself how much of the tackle we have is not needed. Remember the old tank aerials we had for a rod.
Bob.
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Bob,
I agree, I do use YouTube myself for casting videos and the sort. And while I'm not an active fly tyer (despite owning a starter kit) I have watched some of Davy Mcphail's videos and find them very informative.
What I hate is people who just want to know where the fish are and what their catching them with. Like Derek says they want instant fishing. Do some research and get some riverbank time in. Anywhere I go in the world (not just fishing) I always take a map with me of where I'm going. Google earth is a great thing to.
Ben