FALLON'S ANGLER: Fishing, pure and simple. Issue 18. Edited by Garrett Fallon.

December 2019. Issue 18. 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: The Valley of the Stour with Dedham in the distance; Shadows from the shadows, searching for gold in a London river; Tackle - what's in your bag? Travelling light to fish a winter river; The hand of man, a wild but managed landscape; On the trail of the urban angler, elaborating on the pleasures of urban fishing; Fishing down under, following the trout to Australia; Lakeland, some serious leg work in pursuit of wild trout; The accidental pond, recounting a moment of youthful exuberance; The story behind the picture, the Kennett side stream; Monster encounters in urban edgelands, chasing the monsters of urban myth; Between a rock and a wild place, exploring the need for greater environmental awareness; In the shadow of a man who loved the sea, taking inspiration from a series of old books; Say a prayer, an ode to lost shops; Where anglers fear to tread, the surreal and unexplained; The comfort of fields; In search of the elusive burbot, delving further into the mystery; Tick tock tick tock; A lousy day for tench fishing, an unlikely red-letter day; Forgotten fish, ruffe - Gymnocephalus cernua, a little fish that likes to travel; The General's guide to cooking coarse fish, how to cook the very coarsest of our freshwater fish; Fallon's directory, passionate people providing worthy services or making wonderful objects; And I can play ... the Guzheng zither; At the end of the day . . . book review (Wilding, by Isabella Tree), reader's story, reader's photo, crossword. Contributors include: Emily Hasler, Kevin Parr, John Langridge, David Honeybone, Nigel Ling, Chris Yates, Will Millard, Garrett Fallon, Wayne Thomas, John Andrews, Dexter Petley, Mike Pope, Andrew Burton, Malcolm Anderson, Dominic Garnett, Jack Perks, Will Yates, Ian Cooper, Hannah Matthews. Long may it continue - buy it and it will. International Standard Serial Number, ISSN 2056-9378.