Confessions of a Shooting Fishing Man chimpanzee even if this means driving

even if this means driving across floods or deserts

his discoveries about hook strengths and he shares his all-time favourite stillwater flies

the discomfort

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he explains why mutton is now poised to make a come-back

Confessions of a Shooting Fishing Man chimpanzee even if this means drivingWhen Laurence Catlow, a classics master at a Cumbrian boarding school, sees a beautiful pheasant in flight, he wants to reach for his gun. In this diary of his sporting year, he asks himself, between days on the local rivers and shoots, why this is so. His answers are surprising, controversial and convincing. They provide an articulate response to the anti fieldsports arguments, and he presents them in an entertaining, frank and amusing manner.