WAS WONDERING WHAT SOME OF OR WHISKEY LOVERS AND READERS WOULD SHARE AS A WINTERS NIGHT STUCK IN THE HOOSE ,MY WHISKEY IS A LAGAVULIN 16 YEAR OLD BOOKS THAT I HAVE ENJOYED IN PURSUIT OF STILL WATER TROUT BY BRIAN CLARKE ,BRUCE SANDISON RIVERS AND LOCHS COULD ALMOST READ IT IN DAYS ONE AREA THEN THE NEXT ,I HAVE HEARD FISHING A HIGHLAND STREAM IS A GOOD WEE BOOK. LIKE TO KNOW LADS AND LASSIES WHATS YER DRAM AND GOOD ANGLING BOOK THANKS ANDY M
no dram for me thanks, Andy (i'm more of a real ale man), but if you like Brian Clarke's writing then try "On Fishing" which is a collection of articles & essays. you can get it off amazon for a couple of quid as a paperback and at over 400 pages you might need another bottle of malt!
a couple of (dare I say it) slightly more adventurous options: "Somewhere Else", by Charles Rangeley-Wilson or a little-known gem by Seth Norman, "Meanderings of a Fly-Fisherman". a couple of bottles of Williams Bros. Midnight Sun are also warmly recommended! :cheers;
CHEERS DAVE LIKE MY ALES AS WELL, A GOOD BEER AND A BOOK IS ANOTHER OPTION TO PAL THANKS ANDY M
For me any of the Speyside malts go down well with my pallet the older the better, As for the heartburn inducing Islay malts for me its one only and goes by the name of Caol Ila 12-Year-Old Islay Single Malt Whisky or older if you can afford. As for books and not strictly fishing.
Isolation Shepard by Iain R Thomson
Rivers & Lochs of Scotland Bruce
Highland Hermit By James Carron
All a good read
thanks superscot those books that you recomended got bruces one but the sound good reading thank you andy m
just reviewed the highland hermit book superscot, i think that its a must read book. all that you say that its not a fishing book makes me think when fishing remote fishing places it makes me wonder how do the folks get by. i think this book may explain how life must be during the winters isolation ect thanks amdy m
Andy Isolation Shepard is also excellent, if they are for a Kindle why not just download them both :)
I quit drinking some time ago, it's driven me to read :-)
Nassim Nicholas taleb: (In sequential order)
Fooled by Randomness
The Black Swan
Anti-fragile
These will wrap your head in knots till March!
A bit of John Gierach and a Talisker for me.
I'm impressed by the whiskies favoured in this thread. My fav is Lagavulin 16 yr old, its the perfect malt. I tasted Caol Ila for the first time this year and was very impressed by it, I thought it very similar to the Lagavulin. Talisker is probably my fav regular malt along with Tobermory (i.e. not too expensive).
As for books - anything by Sidney Spencer.
Beneath the Black Water by Jon Berry as recommended by someone else on the forum previously.
I recently bought a book on eBay which I'm looking forward to - Memoirs of a Hunter by Friedrich Remmler. Its an account from a manuscript which was lost for 35 years about hunting, trapping, hawking lynx, wolves, bears, seals etc in Finland and Russia between 1904 - 1930. I haven't read it yet but I'm hoping its as interesting as it sounds.
A Talisker for me or Isle of Jura . Not really one for fishing books but i have a few by Bruce Sandison . If i need to read books there usually Scottish :D
thanks a few good books recomended there.and a few more whiskys to try thanks andy m
Quote from: ColinM on October 09, 2014, 05:33:34 PM
John Gierach and a Talisker for me.
John Gierach, real ale and perhaps a few G&Ts :8)
Right found ma dram all i need now is a good book ! Honestly what planet are we on !
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Highland park for me and may I recommend a book I am currently enjoying...... Tom Weir: an anthology [Kindle Edition] By Hamish Brown.
A collection of Some of Tom's writings.
thanks for your help . lot of good advice drams and books to .read some of the book i have not read and a whisky s that i have already tried so good to to try whisky that i have not and a good book that i have not read . cheers andy m
I always enjoy a Glenlivet but Tamdhu and Aultmore are worth a try. I never used to like gin but after trying Tanqueray I'm quite partial to a G&T now and again.
I re-read 'Nineteen Eighty Four' by George Orwell earlier this year and really enjoyed it; planning to re-read his other books this winter. For historical writing that's not a dry read Tim Clarkson's books are worth a look - in particular 'The Makers of Scotland' all about the various peoples that merged to become Scotland. Fishing wise I'd also go for Gierach (and Rangely-Wilson) as good reads with a dram :)
ha ha part timer half way through 19.84. a hard book to read bit scary think i will have to read it again cheers andy m
I see Harrods have got a good sale on Dalmore.
http://www.harrods.com/product/the-dalmore-paterson-collection/the-dalmore/000000000003488896 (http://www.harrods.com/product/the-dalmore-paterson-collection/the-dalmore/000000000003488896)
Bunnahabhain for me, 12 year old, 18 if you can afford it and 'at the loch of the green corrie' by Andrew Grieg. A biography of Norman Mccaigs holidays in assynt (sort of) written by his friend, really good and think I'll read it again now I've been up there. And just started flicking through sandisons river and lochs again...it is winter!!
I've read the 'somewhere else' rangley wilson book others have mentioned too, unusual fishing book but good
loch of the green corrie was a book that i enjoyed to lochan load . and that is a good dram that you mentioned tryed the 12 year old very good thanks andy m
Malt Whisky Companion by the late Michael Jackson( no not that one, the bearded Beer and Whisky writer) and any of the contents of your choice, Islay for me and preferably Port Ellen if I can find any at a half reasonable price.
Aberlour a'Bunadh is a nice one to have. After working on a PC all day I don't care to read as much as I used to :(
Thought I'd give a Spey side malt a try and got Aberlour and to be honest it's much better than I was expecting any others along these lines too try?
Springbank for a dram close to my heart, won a bottle for best trout of the week at Garvault Hotel one year and just got another bottle from my brother for christmas. Reading Raw Spirit by Iain Banks at moment.
Quote from: SoldierPmr on December 18, 2014, 07:20:20 PM
Thought I'd give a Spey side malt a try and got Aberlour and to be honest it's much better than I was expecting any others along these lines too try?
Try Mortlach if you like that one
Quote from: SoldierPmr on December 18, 2014, 07:20:20 PM
Thought I'd give a Spey side malt a try and got Aberlour and to be honest it's much better than I was expecting any others along these lines too try?
Having previously worked in Strathspey for quite a long time I can confirm there's quite a few for you to try :D
Less well known than some, Tamdhu and Aultmore are worth a try. Of the main ones Glenlivet is still my favorite.
I'm liking a Glen Moray at the moment. Not bad at all for £20 from ASDA.
Hard for me to settle and read like I used to, but just now I've finally got round to David Niven's The Moon's a Balloon. Fascinating and very funny.
east wind i have just recived a 10 year old glen moray for xsmas lol . the david niven book i read years ago yes it is a fun book thanks andy m
Came across this thread once again. When I get a moment over the next few days I intend to read the Living Mountain accompanied by a Cardhu which I was given last week.
some whiskys recomended that i have not tried . and some books recomended that i have not read . thanks wildfisher forum theres always someone ready and helpful who replies. all the very best for xsmas and 2015 tight lines andy m
Arr now a subject I can comment on sprained my ankle last Tues lure fishing for bass so read a few this week.
Personally I enjoyed - The fly caster that tried to make piece with the world , by Randy kadish and its free on kindle and as for the dram well I am enjoying a Talisker storm at this moment a rather nice birthday gift.
Quote from: RobertHaley on January 25, 2015, 06:27:15 PM
Arr now a subject I can comment on sprained my ankle last Tues lure fishing for bass so read a few this week.
Personally I enjoyed - The fly caster that tried to make piece with the world , by Randy kadish and its free on kindle and as for the dram well I am enjoying a Talisker storm at this moment a rather nice birthday gift.
whats the storm like compared to the normal 10 year old?
My take is Moor peaty and smokey and so smooth very easy drink a little sweet in the finish but sometimes I think that's OK
Just a heads up to any Aberlour fans spar (at least my local one) is selling 10 year olds for £18 rather than the big super markets selling at £32.