Book Reviews

13/08/2026

Paddy’s fine work on sea-trout is an immediate sellout

The Connemara Sea-Trout Fisheries by Paddy Gargan £45. 368 pages. Published by Coch y Bonddu Books, www.anglebooks.com ON A dirty wet dark night last December, I […]
12/08/2026

James Youl’s glorious salmon failure

Under the Influence of Salmon by Steve Harris. £18.63 from Amazon, Kindle £5.99. Published by Melbourne Books www.melbournebooks.com.au THIS IS a well-written and compelling account of […]
10/08/2026

A deeper trawl of Alfred Ronalds

Alfred Ronalds’Fly Fisher’s Entomology with a commentary and illustrations by Paul Troël  £35. Published by Coch y Bonddu Books, www.anglebooks.com THIS book started out simply as […]
09/01/2026

A Flyfisher’s Revelations

by Ed Van Put $29.99 200 pages. Published by Skyhorse Publishing, www.skyhorsepublishing.com Ed’s swansong tells how he caught 70% of his fish on one fly ED […]