News — Memoir

Laurence Catlow's new book was reviewed in a feature on the author in the Cumberland and Westmorland Herald. His new book Testament of a Trout Fisher is a personal, reflective and moving account of when the sport means to him, and his sense of grounding and connection to the rivers he fishes. 

'Catlow is considered to be one of the finest and most thoughtful writers on flyfishing today. He has written a new book, Testament of a Trout Fisher....Catlow's writing is littered with lines that sit in the memory long after the page has turned'

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.

This book tells the fascinating story of Megan Boyd, who gained world renown for her salmon fishing flies. 

Visiting anglers from all over the world who came to fish the Highland rivers for salmon would stop by her cottage to watch her tie flies and place orders.

You can order a copy on 25 June.