Hooked!

Famous as Britain's leading and most outrageous jazz-singer, there would seem to be no end to George Melly's zest for life and at 72, appetite for work. Less well-known is his life-long passion for fishing and especially on the fly for trout. These humorous, poetic and earthy (or perhaps watery) memories of what he tends to believe to be his happiest hours, complete the picture of a very diverse man.