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Tag Archives: Fallon’s Angler

Institutionalisation

February 19, 2021by Kevin Parr 4 Comments

I spent some time in a secure unit when I was 20. Actually, ‘secure unit’ is being generous – it was a Mental Hospital, dating back to the First World […]

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Autumn winds

November 12, 2019by Kevin Parr 2 Comments

I made an unexpected return to the Wye valley a week or two back. A celebration for Nick’s 50th to which I was generously invited. I only fished for the […]

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Garden Party

July 4, 2019by Kevin Parr 2 Comments

Spring has sunk into high summer. Days of hot sunshine and sneezes, the air thick with pollen and a rapidly expanding grasshopper orchestra. My time has been stretched. A new […]

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Off-line

May 3, 2018by Kevin Parr 1 Comment

It’s been a peculiar 10 days or so. Having become conditioned over the past fifteen years or so to a life online, a cow with an interesting appetite has thrown […]

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The last tench of Summer

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I played Santa last Christmas. At least, I played a very small part of being Santa. My mother had filled a sack with presents and set up the moment – […]

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Ten Down

July 28, 2017by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

It is over three years since I received a rather intriguing email from a chap called Garrett Fallon. A talented designer, artist and writer, Garrett also loved to fish, and […]

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New Year

January 5, 2017by Kevin Parr 6 Comments

After a damn good knees up at the winter solstice, the Ancient Celts would return to their homes and hope to last beyond the forthcoming ‘Famine Months’. Spring would have […]

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Branching Out

March 16, 2016by Kevin Parr 1 Comment

I was pretty good at German at school. In fact, I managed an ‘A’ – but a quarter of a century later its almost all gone – save the bare […]

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Read all about it!

January 21, 2016by Kevin Parr Leave a comment

I’ve just finished going through the proofs for Rivers Run – and it is looking pretty darn good. Rider have made a lovely job of it – the typeset seems […]

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Old and New

June 2, 2015by Kevin Parr 4 Comments

Apologies for the trumpet blowing, but needs must….! There is a rather nice review of The Idle Angler in the latest edition of Salmo Trutta, the annual journal of the […]

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