"The best book I have read for a very long time... sure to become a classic." - Sandy Leventon, Trout & Salmon magazine, reviewing 

"What distinguishes [A Midsummer Night Stream] is the quality of the writing and the generosity of its imagination... clear, even luminous prose... I read the book at a sitting and wished for more." - Chris McCully, Trout & Salmon

"I absolutely loved this book, especially the way that the fishing tales are steeped in beautiful descriptions of nature.

Splendid!" - Amazon review of A Midsummer Night Stream

"It flows as freely and picturesquely as the sea trout rivers it details, with some lovely twists and turns of phrase along the way." - Amazon review of A Midsummer Night Stream

"Often funny, sometimes sad, and always entertaining, this book brought out my subconscious memories of the great joys and frustrations of angling in equal measure. I can’t recommend this book highly enough." - Amazon reviewer of A Midsummer Night Stream

“The most astonishing book... A Life On The Edge has a good claim to be the finest biography of an angler anyone has ever written." – Andrew Herd, Waterlog

"Superb - [A Life on the Edge] is right up there with the best biographies of the year." - Independent on Sunday

"An excellent and beautifully-written hook, full of passion, humour, sadness and drama" - Fiona Armstrong, judging the Lakeland Book Awards, on A Life On The Edge

“...An outstandingly good book. He has made a splendid job of chronicling the life of a hugely talented, tortured character. Very well written and laced with revelations, it makes one in turn angry and sad. Do read this book.” - Sandy Leventon, Trout and Salmon, on A Life on the Edge

"A fine, yet merciless biography… Newton subjects Falkus to dispassionate, modern scrutiny, with results that are sometimes wince-making, sometimes hilarious - Charles Clover, Daily Telegraph

“Chris Newton’s wonderful biography of the man tells it warts and all… by far the best biography ever published of a pioneering fly-fisher”-Malcolm Greenhalgh, Fly Fishing & Fly Tying

“There are two things hard to believe about this excellent biography of the maverick angler Hugh Falkus - that it’s the author’s first book and that he never met his subject. Chris Newton has captured this enigmatic man with notable shrewdness and flair… he has done him proud” - David Profumo, Country Life

"Newton writes with a precision and humour that beguile; historical accounts are enlivened by the author's wry wit. A huge body of information which in a less-assured author’s hands would have been indigestible... an education and a delight." - John Aston, Trout & Salmon, on The Trout's Tale

"A fascinating book… The Trout's Tale contains probably the best summary of trout evolution, adaptation, geographic range and genetics I have read. To pack so much information into a short chapter and make it easy and enjoyable to read is a skill the author demonstrates throughout the book." – Denise Ashton, Salmo Trutta, the Wild Trout Trust magazine