They lift the spirit and soothe the soul all year long.
Magazines can provide a quick fix but it is short lived.
Because good fishing writers are rarer than hen's teeth these days. All the really good stuff like the best music has already been written. There are a handful of contemporary writers whose work is of the highest calibre but even they are in large part stuck with the disadvantage of having to improve upon what has already been said many times before. Angling has inspired a veritable avalanche of writing. True gems are few and far between.