FENNEL'S JOURNAL No. 5: FLY FISHING. By Fennel Hudson.

2019 1st edition thus. 8vo (145 x 223mm). Ppx,176,29[ads]. Not illustrated. Flecked blue boards, gilt titles to spine.

Chapters include: Introduction; A new beginning; Thinking like a fly-fisher; Living the dream; All laid out; A new fly rod; A very English fly-fisher; If only every day could be like this; The Amwell Magna Fishery; Local fishing; Fishing, far away; A duffer in May; A trout, from the Kidderminster?; Trout from the hills; Rewilding fly-fishing; Trout at two thousand feet; Alone but not lonely; The net on our backs; A grilling for a trout; Catch returns; Looking backwards, going forward; Grayling to remember; Fingers and fluff; The four rules of angling. Appendices include: About the author; The Fennel's Journal Series. This began life as hand-written letters circulated between friends. This was published as a limited edition magazine in 2012, only later, in 2019, being re-worked into the form of a book, with the addition of new material.