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This week we’re turning our attention to first editions of Irish angling books.
The Ireland on the Fly Book Club is an important part of what we do here on the podcast and Muiris Huston, the medical contributor to the Irish times, is also a fly angler and fly fishing book collector and he joins us on the show to discuss the books everyone should have on their shelves.
If you are interested in collecting, here are some websites that Muiris recommends:
https://anglingauctions.com
www.mcgahernbooks.ca
www.groverarebooks.co.uk
https://www.herewardbooks.co.uk/
And here is the RTE Archives story from 1968 about mayfly season on the Corrib that we were discussing:
https://www.rte.ie/archives/2023/0516/1383887-the-season-of-the-mayfly/
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