#bookoftheweek ‘Rod and Line’ - Arthur Ransome A collection of fifty #fishing articles exploring a wide range of #angling experiences including how to make spinning interesting! Read an extract: medlarpress.com/page-6/bookoft… Buy here: medlarpress.com/code/bookshop.… #carp #anglingbook

#Bookoftheweek: ‘A Summer on the #Test’ - John Waller Hills An #angling masterpiece, with beautiful descriptions of the English countryside and advice from an experienced #trout fisher. Read an extract: medlarpress.com/page-5/bookoft… The book: medlarpress.com/code/bookshop?… #flyfishing

#Bookoftheweek - ‘The Deepening Pool’ by Chris Yates About an obsession with #barbel, this classic #angling book began almost by accident in the spring of 1989 on the banks of the #Hampshire #Avon. Read an extract here: medlarpress.com/page-4/bookoft… Buy here: medlarpress.com/code/bookshop?…

#Bookoftheweek - ‘A Fisherman’s Testament’ - Bernard #Venables A book on the all-round angler’s art - from fishing a dry fly for trout on the #Coln at #Fairford to #perch, #tench, #pike and ‘other things’. Read: medlarpress.com/page-6/bookoft… Available here: medlarpress.com/code/bookshop?…

#bookoftheweek ‘When the Float Comes In’ by Peter McParlin seeks to capture the magic of fishing in one of the most varied regions of the British Isles. Read an extract: medlarpress.com/page-6/bookoft… #barbel #swale #yorkshirefishing #wansbeck #derwent #northumberland #yorkfishing

In our #bookoftheweek, ‘Orange Otter’, Chris Knowles looks at the extraordinarily detailed angling diaries of the Reverend Edward Powell of #Munslow, #Shropshire. Read an extract: medlarpress.com/page-5/bookoft… ‘Orange Otter’:medlarpress.com/code/bookshop?… #welshborder #fishingshropshire

In 'An Open Creel', our #bookoftheweek, #Sheringham shares the most exciting half-hour of his #fishing life; on the #Kennet and Avon #canal with an unexpected #trout. Read here: medlarpress.com/page-4/bookoft… #flyfishing #classicangling #anglingbook

Whether you sit on a basket and fish with a float or have only ever cast a fly at a lazy trout, ‘Fishing for a Year’ by Jack #Hargreaves is a delight for all who read it. Illustrated by Bernard #Venables Read an extract: medlarpress.com/page-6/bookoft… #beginnerangling #howtofish #ivel

Inspired by, and with apologies to, a C.V. Hancock, we’ll be updating our blog with pieces on great #angling all-rounders, starting with Charles Cotton. Read the piece, #mullet jokes included, here: medlarpress.com/news/?post=ang… #allroundangling #fishing #floatfishing #compleatangler

#FLYTYING by the ‘best fly fisherman in England’. It’s hard to imagine the world of #dryfly fishing without the influence of George Selwyn #Marryat. Discover his legacy here: medlarpress.com/news/?post=pri… and find the biography by Terry Lawton on our website. #flydressing #flyfishing

Catching #barbel over sometimes involves using some weird and wonderful concoctions, from lobworms to cheese, luncheon meat or even bananas! Have you have had particular success with (or not!) when #barbelfishing? See here: medlarpress.com/news/?post=bai… to read more. #fishingbait