THE LAST CHANCE FISHING CLUB and other stories

<p class=ql-align-justify>A mixture of old and new writing - some fact some fiction; some fact <em>and </em>fiction - comprises this sometimes amusing sometimes thoughtful take on the fly fishers life.</p><p class=ql-align-justify> </p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Steven Murgatroyd has been a fanatical fisherman for over fifty years. These days he fishes almost exclusively with the fly rod; eagerly pursuing game coarse and saltwater species and documenting his various piscine escapades </span></p><p class=ql-align-justify> </p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>His writing collected together here for the first time has been featured in a variety of well-known fishing-related print and digital publications and has won various awards including first prize in the Balvenie 'Story to Tell' competition the Grayling Society Righyni-Roose Award for excellence in the written word and first place in the </span><em style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>Fish and Fly</em><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> writing competition. </span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>He is a trustee of The Wild Carp Trust and a life member of The Wild Trout Trust. </span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)> </span></p><p class=ql-align-justify><span style=color: rgba(0 0 0 1)>He lives on the Welsh borders with his family. At the bottom of the garden conveniently enough is a trout stream... </span></p><p><br></p>