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Barry Ord Clarke voted Fly Tyer Magazine’s Fly Tyer of the Year 2021

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Barry Ord Clarke voted Fly Tyer Magazine’s Fly Tyer of the Year 2021
We’re delighted to announce that Barry Ord Clarke has been voted Fly Tyer Magazine’s Fly Tyer of the Year 2021
The prestigious award honours the exceptional international contribution Barry has made to the world of fly tying with his innovative approach of linking his clear step-by-step tying instructions in book-form to his popular YouTube channel videos which then show him tying EXACTLY the same fly online. This ground-breaking ‘pairing’ is a first in the world of fly tying instruction.

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It's back in print - Confessions of a Shooting Fishing Man

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It's back in print - Confessions of a Shooting Fishing Man

Back by popular demand in paperback: Confessions of a Shooting Fishing Man

Throughout 1995, Laurence's diary records his hopes of buying some precipitous shooting ground in the Pennines, his fishing days on the Eden, Wharfe and other rivers, the arrival of a second gundog and days spent together on shoots. All this activity is interspersed with Laurence's quest for his true motives in killing what he most loves. He looks at foxhunting, vegetarianism, man as a hunter, man as created in God's image and man as a creature doomed, himself, to die.

This diary remains highly topical, thought-provoking and original. Its tone is also very human and it comes from the pen of a true nature-lover.

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Two Scottish fieldsport thrillers

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Two Scottish fieldsport thrillers

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Buy 𝗗𝗲𝗮𝘁𝗵 𝗼𝗳 𝗮 𝗛𝗶𝗴𝗵 𝗙𝗹𝘆𝗲𝗿, and get 𝗧𝗵𝗲 𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗹𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗣𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘆 at half price when you ring Merlin Unwin Books on 01584 877456 (office hours) and mention the offer, which ends 8 February.

Only £22.50 (plus p&p) for two handsome hardbacks.

 

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