After spending 14 years tracking down the enigmatic Del Harding – the original beatnik who settled in a wood over fifty years ago with his dogs and horses for company and no electricity, just a love for Ireland, the landscape, his privacy and fishing – Fallon’s Angler find themselves on the shore of Lough Derg fishing in his company in a new short film. Watch below:

Del appears on the cover of the latest edition of Fallon’s Angler, which you can buy here.  

Delve into the Caught by the River archive to read Ben Hall’s review of Del Harding’s The Secret Waters: An Angler’s Invitation to Another Reality, from 2013.