Description
“A marvel of a book, illustrated with superb photography and written with quiet wisdom, story-telling art, information and love. A treasure trove gathered from more than 60 years of perfect pleasure.”
– Kevin Ireland, author of How To Catch A Fish
Based on Les Hill’s 63 years of fly fishing in New Zealand, HOOKED FOR LIFE resonates with the sheer joy of hunting and catching trout while imparting a lifetime’s worth of invaluable lessons on how to go about it. You will not only benefit from the author’s years of experience with nymph and dry fly, but will also enjoy soaking up the special atmosphere Les evokes and relive vicariously the primal contest between angler and fish.
Along the way you’ll learn to think like a trout and understand the nature of the world it lives in; get some tips on streamside photography, and come to realise that it is often more satisfying to catch one special fish than a large number on a particular day. And as every true angler knows, the trout that gets away can provide as much fun as several brought to a net.
In the final part of the book, Dr Graham Macdonald’s two thoughtful chapters on fishing and wellness and on fishing and relationships give an insight into the therapeutic benefits of fly fishing.
Packed with interesting, amusing and informative anecdotes, HOOKED FOR LIFE is lavishly illustrated with more than 165 of Les Hill’s superb colour photographs that invite you into the book and also reveal the beauty of our rivers, streams, lakes and countryside.
