Shooting Times & Country

With trout in my bag and peace in my heart

LAURENCE CATLOW, A PASSIONATE SHOOTER AND ANGLER FOR MORE THAN 40 YEARS, HAS WRITTEN FIVE BOOKS ABOUT SPORT WITH ROD AND GUN

I went fishing the other day. You will be surprised to learn that at first I was nervous, but I soon relaxed and I went home in the evening with a brace of trout in my bag and with peace in my heart. I am going fishing tomorrow and, although to begin with I shall probably feel nervous again, I am expecting the same outcome.

It was eight weeks since I had cast a fly. This had been on the Wharfe and, during the course of the day, I gradually realised that all was not well. For no

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