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Blog Spotlight: Good Writing at Cutthroat Stalker

Anthony Naples — Wed, 13 Jan 2010 14:46:10 +0000

Scott over at Cutthroat Stalker has a nice piece of writing featured on the blog. The post is entitled The Convergence of Canals and Fish.

This particular essay features a nice mix of historical and personal. It is an enjoyable read and it is just the type of thing that I like [...]

Angling Advice From Beyond: Part II, Frederic M. Halford

Anthony Naples — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 14:59:21 +0000

This latest installment of Angling Advise from Beyond is from Floating Flies and How to Dress Them (pub. 1886), the first book by Frederic M. Halford, (1844-1914).

We’ve all heard of Frederic Halford and our first thought is that he was a “Dry-Fly Snob”, this may be true, I don’t know. But after casually perusing the [...]

Angling Advice From Beyond: Part I, Dame Juliana Berners

Anthony Naples — Mon, 19 Oct 2009 19:01:22 +0000

With Halloween coming up I thought I’d get into the spirit of things, by providing some fishing advice from beyond the grave!

This first bit of historical writing comes from THE TREATISE ON FISHING WITH AN ANGLE (first printed in 1486 as part of the Book of St. Albans). It is generally attributed to Dame [...]