Issue 53 - Big Buddaghs and Colbrooke Cuties
During the nineteenth century you could count the number of published books on Irish fishing on one hand.Vital developments in the Emerald Isles’ angling history seem all but forgotten and it is fortunate that in 1845 one bashful but otherwise skilful angler by the name of O’Gorman finally plucked up enough courage to jot down a few details. Bravely fighting off his inhibitions - ‘I really hate writing and dread notoriety. My wish would be to steal to my grave, and not a stone tell where I lie’- O’Gorman went on to write his only book The Practice of Angling particularly as regards Ireland.We should be thankful that he did, for he managed to record for posterity, various practicalities of nineteenth century Irish trout angling.
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