{"title":"Books and Maps","description":"A selection of fantastic Fishing books plus detailed maps covering a range of Tasmania's world class highland trout fisheries.","products":[{"product_id":"the-little-black-book-of-fly-fishing-pre-order-updated-release-date-8-feb-2022","title":"The Little Black Book of Fly Fishing","description":"\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eAn Advanced Course in Fly Fishing\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe mission of\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003eThe Little Red Book of Fly Fishing\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan data-mce-fragment=\"1\"\u003e \u003c\/span\u003ewas to demystify and un-complicate the tricks and tips that make a great trout fisher. There are no complicated physics lessons in that book. 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