Adrian V. W. Freer

Adrian Freer was born, and still lives in, Leicestershire and was educated at Loughborough Grammar School and Leicester College of Art & Technology (now De Montfort University). He is married with two daughters and four grandchildren.

He is the author of books on reservoir fly fishing and fly patterns, religious topics, children's stories, and poetry. He also contributes of articles for Fly Fishing & Fly Tying, Flydresser, Total FlyFisher and other angling magazines.

Adrian Freer is author of numerous books including the highly acclaimed Successful Reservoir Fly Fishing Techniques: A Trout Angler's Guide to Improved Catches (Crowood Press), Reservoir Trout Flies: An Angler's Guide to Successful Fly Patterns (Crowood Press), Burial or Cremation for Christians? (EP Books), A Biblical Defence of the Sport of Angling (Welford Court Press), Quiet Time for Christians (Welford Court Press), Dr Bell of Wrington: Pioneer of Reservoir Fly Fishing (Welford Court Press), Dr Bell's Trout Flies (Coch-y-Bonddu Books) and The Fly Fishing Legacy of T C Ivens (Welford Court Press).

Adrian's principal interests include reservoir fly fishing and fly tying, church responsibilities, music, foreign travel and writing.

His angling career started in the 1950s, in the days when the Leicester Canal was producing its memorable catches, and he caught his first trout on an artificial fly from Eyebrook Reservoir in the early 1960s.

Initially, Adrian was principally a coarse fish angler and he participated in numerous matches and also co-managed two private fishing clubs. Subsequently, however, he started to concentrate on fly fishing and for the last thirty years he has fished almost exclusively for trout. Adrian has been a long-standing member of the Anglers' Conservation Association (now merged into The Angling Trust) and, as well as being a dedicated fly fisherman and fly tyer, he also has a keen interest in entomology and research into angling history.

He was part of the leadership team of the Gaulby Reformed Evangelical Anglican Fellowship (one of the remaining parishes in Leicestershire which upheld the doctrines of the English Reformers). Although he is now retired he is still involved in ministry as a preacher and Bible study leader.

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