‘A legacy greater than Izaak Walton’

The latest episode of Daire Whealan’s Ireland on the Fly podcast covers the remarkable story of Limerick’s Edward Fitzgibbon aka Ephemera who was a giant of angling journalism in England in the 1800s.

Daire Whelan speaks to the fly fishing historian and writer, Andrew Herd, about the remarkable life and times of Fitzgibbon who at the time of his death in London in 1857 was spoken of in the same breath as Izaak Walton.

Listen and subscribe to the podcast on Apple Podcasts and Spotify and keep up to date on IrelandontheFly.com.

Source: https://www.fishinginireland.info.

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https://flyfishing-blog.com/flyfishing-blog.com/2020/08/31/ireland-on-the-fly-podcast-river-life-in-ireland-explained/
https://flyfishing-blog.com/flyfishing-blog.com/2020/08/22/podcast-ireland-on-the-fly-talks-to-peter-mantle/