Steven Murgatroyd has been a fanatical fisherman for over fifty years. These days he fishes almost exclusively with the fly rod; eagerly pursuing game, coarse and saltwater species. He also enjoys listening to music and documenting his various piscine escapades, resulting in his first book.
His writing has been featured in a variety of well-known fishing-related print and digital publications, having won various awards including first prize in the Balvenie ‘Story to Tell’ competition, the Grayling Society Righyni Roose Award for excellence in the written word, and first place in the Fish and Fly writing competition.
He is a trustee of The Wild Carp Trust and a life member of The Wild Trout Trust.
He lives on the Welsh borders with his family. At the bottom of the garden, conveniently enough, is a trout stream…
This website, TheLastChanceFishingClub.net, is his regularly updated ‘companion piece’ to his book!