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Originally Posted by ticklematackle
I think Powell was keen fisherman who is trying to pass on the knowledge he has gleaned over the years through this little book. It is is written retrospectively looking back over his fishing adventures passing on tidbits of information in the process. It is laid out like a traditional fishing instruction manual the trout, flies, river reading etc but diverges at every opporunity into small tales which are interesting and sometimes humourous. It covers the ground most general fishing books do but there are a couple of areas it touches on which are rarely written about. Fishing during the second world war and the social aspect of fishing. Workman like writing but a rewarding read non the less 6.5/10. JB
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T A Powell was the brother of the Reverend Edward Powell, Vicar of Munslow and inventor / creator of the Baby Sun Fly, Orange Otter, Paragon et al. Christopher Knowles' book, "Orange Otter" is an 'homage' to the great border streams angler and makes fascinating reading - not least for the numbers of trout he caught (and killed!). The Rev' Powell himself was greatly influenced by the legendary Dai Lewis of Tregaron (Sun Fly fame) and another book to read, if you can source a copy, is "Trout Fisherman's Saga", by Ieuan D. Owen (1959), a celebration of the life of Dai Lewis.
Here and There a Lusty Trout by T.A. Powell
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