Jim Dixon collects and sells classic books on fly fishing from his bookshop in the Peak District town of Bakewell. Angler Andrew Griffiths met Jim to discuss the greatest book of fishing and natural history ever written – The Compleat Angler by Isaak Walton. Join them for a delightful chat about fly fishing, natural history and the British countryside.
Podcast: Fly fishing and natural history in the Peak District
Meet bookseller, angler and naturalist Jim Dixon in his Peak District bookshop to talk about the greatest book on fishing – and natural history – ever written
Published: January 21, 2020 at 9:31 am
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