"Laurence Catlow teaches classics at Sedbergh School in Cumbria. He also writes for various magazines, including Trout & Salmon and Shooting Times.

He fishes on the Wharfe, the Eden, Driffield Beck and on the small upland brook that runs through his land. With equal enthusiasm, he also shoots pheasant and wildfowl, accompanied by friends and his gundogs. Other pleasures include food, wine, ornithology, religion and the sport of fives."