What Fishing Book Are You Reading?

[Elton]

This is a question for people currently reading an angling related book.

 

What angling book are you reading and what do you think of it so far?

 

I'm reading Fifty Years A Fisherman by John Wilson. Literally, just started, so no real impressions yet. I do find John's writing interesting, though, so am expecting a good read.

 

Tight lines,

 

Elton

[Peter Waller]

Angling Ways by E. Marshall-Hardy. Published in 1934 and much of it still seems to be true today.

[Alan Roe]

My Fishing Days and Fishing Ways By JW Martin ( The Trent Otter) 1904 and A Summer on the Test By John Waller Hills 1924

 

Both in their own way beautiful books

[matthew]

Casting at the Sun.....still one of the most evocative books published.

[Alan Fawcett]

The book of fishing by Ted Lamb.

 

Published in 1979

 

Some good stuff in it, a lot of the baits mentioned are "forgotten" in todays fishing .

 

It must around the 300th time i've read it but its one of the few things my dad left me that escaped my ex-wifes determination to destroy anything fishing related.

[shajw10]

The Longest Silence - Thomas McGuane

 

Brilliant

[Tyke]

Just finished Myth and am now looking for another fishing related book.

I want to read casting at the sun again but its hard to come by a copy thats not over £40.

Read fifty years a fisheman and really enjoyed it.

Ive got falling in again by chris yates and would be willing to swop for a book called Anglers moon by Leo walmsley.

Or dare i say casting at the sun for falling in again and fifty years a fisherman And £25!

[Paul_D]

Still Water angling by Richard Walker. I've just bought a copy via Ebay and have never read this title before. Early days yet but already very interesting. He really was good at writing.....

[Chris Plumb]

On my bedside table I've currently got Rod & Line by Arthur Ransome & The Deepening Pool by Chris Yates. Both classics and great reads...

 

Chris

[Peter Waller]

A book that I keep going to is Walton's Delight by George Brennand. It's a very astute observation, not of tactics or fish, but of anglers themselves. Brennand is, perhaps, the James Thurber of Anglers, although their styles clearly differ. Both writers are wry observers of the quirkiness of human nature. If you have heard of neither author, and perhaps not many have, then a visit to your local library could be a real treat! I've read Brennands book scores of times, it never fails to raise a chuckle. There are so many people that both Brennand and I have met over the years! Its not so much a bedside but a bog side book. What might be called a contemplative read! In it there are a number of 5 to 10 minute reads, just long enough.