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Fishing and Thinking by AA Luce

Reviewed by Terry Lawton

Also received, from Swan Hill,was a new facsimile edition of Fishing and Thinking by AA Luce, with an introduction from his son. This book was first published in 1959 and is an interesting and throught-provoking memoire of happy days fishing in Ireland in the previous three or four decades.

Anyone who fishes in Ireland regularly will certainly enjoy it and, equally, the first-time visitor should read it to find out what Ireland was like in the '30s and '40s. It would also be very interesting to track-down the places Dr Luce fished and see what they are like today.

I came across a reference to this book in an article of great fishing books by a well-known angling journalist and writer who said that this book is one of his favourites. While it is an interesting and enjoyable book - it is certainly very well titled - I am not sure that I enjoyed it that much. Perhaps I have missed some of its charm.

Fishing and Thinking by AA Luce. Published by Swan Hill at £16.99. Hardback 191pp.



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