February's meeting will be held chez MS at Le Camp Rouge on Wednesday 13th February at 12. The book is IRD's choice of "Salmon Fishing in the Yemen" by Paul Torday.
Dr Alfred Jones is a man whose world is small. Indeed, the publication of his paper "effects of increased water acidity on the caddis fly larva" is the height of his ambition. Not that this is a bad thing, just that concentrating on the micro world hasn't really prepared him for Sheikh Muhammad and his world. For the sheikh has a vision. He sees salmon leaping in the wadis of his homeland, and all the disparate tribes of his country brought together by a love of fly fishing. Casting away the troubles of their lives, so to speak. And the sheikh needs Dr Alfred to turn his vision into reality. The only trouble is that the sheikh's homeland is Yemen - not really known for its northen European climate - so salmon could never survive there, could they?........
