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Author Michael Russell wrote and published a spoof called Fly Fishing: Memories of Angling Days, by J. R. Hartley in 1991. [4] [5] The book was a best seller and led to two additional best sellers under the pseudonym J. R. Hartley: J.R. Hartley Casts Again – More Memories of Angling Days (1992) and Golfing by J. Hartley (1995). [2]
In 2011, BookFinder.com announced that Fly Fishing: Memories of Angling Days was the 17th most sought-after out-of-print book worldwide. [10] In 2012, a bookshop in Tonbridge, Kent, was broken into by an intoxicated person who called the police and told them he was reading Fly Fishing by J. R. Hartley. [11]
Jim-Jam, James C. Mottram, English author of Fly Fishing, Some New Arts and Mysteries (1915) [10] John Bickerdyke, C. H. Cook, a prolific 19th-century angling author on coarse and sea fishing [11] Jock Scott, Donald Rudd, author of Greased Line Fishing for Salmon [12] John Chalkhill, Izaak Walton, author of The Compleat Angler (1653) [1]
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A Field Guide To Fly Fishing. Birmingham, Alabama: Odysseus Editions. Law, Glenn (1995). A Concise History of Fly Fishing. Birmingham, Alabama: Odysseus Editions. Merwin, John (2001). Streamer Fly Fishing – A Practical Guide to the Best Patterns and Methods of Fishing the Streamer in Rivers, Lakes and *Salt Water. New York: Lyons Press.
Gierach, John (1990). Sex, Death and Fly Fishing. New York: Simon and Schuster. ISBN 0671707388., For anyone who loves fly-fishing or is looking to begin, John Gierach offers an entertaining view of the sport. Written in a series of witty essays that are inspiring, humorous, and educational, this book will transport you to real rivers and lakes ...
With its sweeping arrangement and unique lyrics, Harris fell in love with "MacArthur Park" and turned it into the almost 7 1/2-minute highlight of his 1968 album "A Tramp Shining."
Halford's first experiences in fly fishing were at the age of 24 in 1868 when, through the generosity of a family friend, he was given a free beat on the River Wandle, a pristine trout stream to the southwest of London. [7] In the late 1860s, the dry fly was in use to some extent on the Wandle, but as a fly-fishing technique it was in its ...