Title | The trout and the Fly |
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Author | B. Clarke – J. Goddard |
Publisher | |
Italian title | La Trota e la Mosca |
Published in Italy by | U. Mursia, Milano, 1991 |
My roots as a fly angler go back to the mid of 1970s. That period is somehow considered as the “dark era” of Fly fishing in Italy. Few fellows to spare the trips with, little or no knowledge of the essentials of flyangling, little or no background. The most fortunate were able to go abroad and fed their brains and souls with foreign rivers and experiences but too few were able to read and understand flyangling English literature.
“The Trout and the Fly”, by Clarke & Goddard, is one of my first translations from English and many others followed. It was a “hard job, but had to be done”
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I was born in Milan some half a century ago and after many years spent visiting most rivers and lakes of North Italy, I moved to the Centre – not far from Rome – where I found a real paradise as far as flyfishing is concerned.
I have been fishing since the very green years of my life and have switched to flyfishing in 1977. The dry fly is – like most of us – my favorite but I think that a complete flyangler should have a deep knowledge of all the techniques offered by his tackle (given that the “spirit” of fly angling is not denaturalized). Environment improving and respect are also very important to me.
I have fished most European rivers (Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland, England, Ireland, ex-Yugoslavia, Greece, Romania, Hungary, Czechoslovakia, Far East, New Zealand…). As for Italy, there are few rivers I have not visited
I do not consider fishing as a sport but as a style of life, where respect for the fish and environmental nature is at the top of the activity. While respecting other anglers’ points of view, I support catch&release also in free waters.
I have translated quite a number of flyfishing books into Italian and am fond of history and philosophy.