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On Golden Pond by Ernest Thompson. " Chelsea, the Loons, the Loons .... " :Hahaha:
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Kevin wrote:George Orwell, Coming Up For Air.

The chief protagonist, George Bowling, is a fat, middle-aged bloke who is trapped in a life he loathes with a nagging wife from whom he cannot escape. He longs for the joys of his country childhood when he enjoyed simple pleasures like walking through beautiful English fields and woods and indulged in the thing that gave him more pleasure than any other: fishing. All the while he is worried that everything he holds sacred is about to be destroyed forever by yet another pointless war not long since he has survived active service in World War I.
Such a good book.
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Another Nevil Shute novel "The Far Country" has a bit of fly-fishing in it too.

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Islands in the Stream, another great Hemingway novel full of fantastic fishing.
"....he felt the gentle touch on the line and he was happy"

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I just finished reading The Old Man And The Sea, so will have a look at Islands In The Stream.
One from School days here ... The Adventures Of Tom Sawyer And Huckleberry Finn.

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Blood Knots - Luke Jenniings
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Capebreton wrote: Tue Mar 11, 2014 3:50 pm It may be trout season in UK very soon but here in eastern canada we still have snow. Does anybody have any suggestions of novels that have fishing in them. (Beyond the Old man and the Sea.!) There are several US mystery series but to be frank most are not up to much.
"Fishing with my father" by Roger Pierce.
The good angler is not the one with expensive equipment. Common sense, observation and trying to realize
what is happening above and below water will catch fish no matter what price equipment you fish with.
L.A. Parker - This Fishing 1948

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Has anyone read Lizarralde by John Langridge? it is by Medlar press.They have it for sale for ten pounds,but if I try and buy a copy I have to buy a copy of As I Cast Out as well.I don't want the second book and it costs an extra seventeen pounds.

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Medlar emailed back,there was an error on the web page now updated with an option to buy Lizarralde only.
Illustrated by Paul Cook, so I bought a copy.

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