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Andrew Herd - Author & Flytyer at the show

Andrew Herd at the show. Meet Andrew and get signed books on the Medlar Press stand. Andrew Herd - Angling historian, researcher and writer, Dr Andrew Herd, was born in 1959. Although he very nearly became a professional photographer, he qualified as a doctor at the Middlesex hospital, London, in 1982, after which he moved to Durham, where he works four days a week as a GP and moonlights as executive editor for Waterlog. Andrew has written extensively on the history of  fly fishing, his award-winning book, The Fly, the result of  a decade’s research, being about to appear in its third edition.  The website www.flyfishinghistory.com associated with the book is one of oldest and most visited angling sites of its kind. Andrew translated and wrote the accompanying text for the Medlar edition of  the first angling book ever published, The Treatyse of Fishing with an Angle. Get these books signed at the show... In his spare time he fishes, shoots, hunts, stalks deer, ties flies, takes photographs, collects fishing books, enjoys wine, tries to keep the hedgehog out of the dog kennel and continues to research the history of fishing. Current projects include Angling Giants (a collection of biographies of famous fishermen); The Flies, a 600 page compendium of 500 years of British and European fly tying lists; and a joint venture with Ken Cameron and Paul Schullery to research the history of surviving 17th and 18th century flies. Medlar titles by Andrew Herd include: The Fly 2003 The Treatise of Fishing with an Angle Spotty Herberts 2004 Silver Tourist 2004 For more information click here .

 

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