FALLON'S ANGLER: Fishing, pure and simple. Issue 17. Edited by Garrett Fallon.

October 2019. Issue 17. 8vo paperback (170 x 240mm). Pp96. Colour and b/w photographs and illustrations.

This is the latest instalment of this excellent running collection of good, contemporary angling writing, edited by Garrett Fallon, now with a change of strapline. Articles in this issue include: Land of the big sky, finding a home away from home; Shore Leave, a story; Tackle - what's in your bag? Del Harding talks us through his approach; Strays of the Yukon, the king salmon and the people who need it; Finding Del; Where the woods meet the water, sleeping on the shores of Lough Derg; The meteor, the ditch and the very big trout, chasing the monsters of New Zealand; Mr X, recounting a defining moment; A breed apart; 'There was something about her,' remembering Vera Broughton and Isabella Blow; In my dreams, tales from Chris Yates' dream diaries; When the weather doesn't play ball, chasing trout in Montana; Resident status, fly fishing for an American import that has settled here; The story behind the picture(s); Dark waters, risking the wrath of a witch to fish for chub; Out od my mind, risking madness in the hunt for a giant pike from Chew; Poetry, Child Harold's Pilgrimage, by Lord Byron; Forgotten fish - burbot, Lota lota, contemplating the demise of an iconic fish; The General's guide to Brexit, some sage words on Brexit preparations; Fallon's directory - passionate people providing worthy services or making wonderful objects; The rod maker, Edward Barder justifies his craft; At the end of the day . . . book reviews (A Twitch Upon The Thread, by Jon Day; Kings of the Yukon: An Alaskan River Journey, by Adam Weymouth), reader's story, reader's photo, crossword. Contributors include: Kevin Parr, Del Harding, Adam Weymouth, Nick Fallowfield-Cooper, Garrett Fallon, Richard Gorodecky, Dexter Petley, Marc Harris, John Andrews, Chris Yates, Jim Burns, Andy Sliwa, Cerelia Fitch. Long may it continue - buy it and it will. International Standard Serial Number, ISSN 2056-9378.