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The Outdoor Pressroom: McGuane named FR&R's 2010 'Angler of Year'
The Trout Underground Fly Fishing Blog: Tom McGuane Awarded Fly Rod & Reel Magazine’s “Angler of the Year”
Fishing for History: The History of Fishing and Fishing Tackle: News of the Week: 30 November 2009
| RT @fishingjones: Fishing Jones not named FFR Angler of the Year: http://bit.ly/8jKDEb // you've been ROBBED!! 11/24/2009 |
| Fishing Jones not named FFR Angler of the Year: http://www.flyrodreel.com/node/13416 11/24/2009 |
| FR&R Angler of the Year for 2010 Tom McGuane If you have yet to read any of his work, You need to!! http://www.flyrodreel.com/node/13416 11/24/2009 |
McGuane named FR&R's 2010 'Angler of Year'
The Outdoor Pressroom —
... Novelist, author and fly-fisherman Thomas McGuane, who turns 70 next month, has been honored by Fly Rod & Reel Magazine as its "Angler of the Year 2010." Nick Lyons writes: "Let this honor be a modest birthday present for someone who already has so many other honors, from the world of fly fishing—but the greater gift is his to us, the great presents he has given all fly fishers for all these years: his magical, defining words." ...
Tom McGuane Awarded Fly Rod & Reel Magazine’s “Angler of the Year”
The Trout Underground Fly Fishing Blog —
Following in the footsteps of earlier awards to writers John Gierach and Ted Williams, Fly Rod & Reel has chosen author Tom McGuane as their 2010 Angler of the Year.
With so many of McGuane’s novels and screenplays set against fly fishing locations – and populated by fly fishermen – it seems only right that McGuane would receive this honor on that basis alone.
To do so would be to overlook his publication of the best fly fishing essay book ever written: The Longest Silence ...
News of the Week: 30 November 2009
Fishing for History: The History of Fishing and Fishing Tackle —
... Trout...the Humuhumunukunukuapuaa...the dangers of the Floating Pennywort...Boyd Duckett's new fishing rod company...two sports stars who prefer fishing...another review of the George Perry book...a North Dakota rodmaker...Florida is #1 in fishing...fly tying leads to madness?...it must be THE NEWS OF THE WEEK! The Big Lead: 5600 New Species found in the Deep Sea. HUGE GREAT WHITE ALERT! Thomas McGuane is Fly Rod & Reel magazine's angler of the year. Memories of that ...