Coch-y-Bonddu Books

28/05/2026

Two more nice reviews in Flydresser - the Journal of the Fly Dressers' Guild.

27/05/2026

https://mailchi.mp/anglebooks/news-from-coch-y-bonddu-9168209

A set of the old Shooting Times Library series, including several dust-wrapper variants. Unaccountably Volume 17 was never published.

06/05/2026

Another nice review for David Southall's Microflies - this time in Trout & Salmon Magazine.

28/04/2026

An excellent and thoughtful review of Southall's MICROFLIES by Magnus Angus in Fishing & Fly Tying Magazine.

16/04/2026

News from Coch-y-Bonddu Books -

An old photograph of Caeheulon, my parents’ home and a place that had a great influence on my life. My mother’s book on the house and the local area is listed below, as is Mike Brown’s book on the Dylife Mines that lie at the head of the same valley. Our good friend John Mason, geologist, mete...

26/03/2026

News from Coch-y-Bonddu Books -

We’ve had a few spring-like days and I’m spending my spare time in the greenhouse, coddling my infant tomato plants and preparing the beds. I had a lovely day on the upper Severn last week - no fish rising but, fishing a team of spiders, I caught a few nice trout and grayling.

21/03/2026

Another Ronalds review - this time from Tyjas at T&S magazine.

02/03/2026

The new edition of Fly Fishing & Fly-Tying has got some very good stuff...

23/02/2026

News from Coch-y-Bonddu Books -

The BFFI at Stafford Showground was a resounding success with our angling authors meeting many of their readers - and even selling a few books. Above are Theo Pike, Peter Cockwill, Dave Southall and Satoshi Yamamoto, together with Marion and Paul - all showing off!

26/01/2026

News from Coch-y-Bonddu Books -

I've hardly got over the Christmas rush and already the shooting season is almost over and then I will only have a few days to prepare for the BFFI on 7th & 8th February.