Walking on Ripples began life as a simple article based on fishing abroad – Spain, Portugal, Canary Islands and further afield (Florida, Mauritius) – the idea being to sell it to somewhere like Gray’s Sporting Journal. But at 4,000 words it was way too long for magazine publication. Undaunted, the author began another article set in his favourite Irish location: Donegal. This article is divided into three sections: sea, rivers and – the jewel in the crown of Donegal – secret mountain loughs where trout are small and taste of salmon…
Irish Times, 16/12/14. Read the full article ‘Writing Walking on Ripples, by David Murphy‘.
