An outdoors writer since 1975, Bob Jones spent 26 years pursuing a military career, which allowed him to travel and fish throughout much of Canada and Central Europe. Wherever he traveled he made friends who shared his love of fishing, among them General Sir Charles Loewen, former adjutant general of the British Army, and Takeshi (Ken) Kaiko, one of Japan' most famous novelists and a popular TV personality. A past president and life member of the Outdoor Writers of Canada, Jones has received two of that organization's highest honours: The Pete McGillen Award for service to the OWC, and the Jack Davis Mentor's Award for his assistance to new and developing writers.

Jones, a member of the Outdoor Writers Association of America and The Writers' Union of Canada, is the author of several books and a contributing editor to about a dozen. A Compendium of Canadian Fly Patterns (Gale's End Press), co-written with Paul C. Marriner, is an 8½ x 11-inch, 260-page, full colour, spiral bound hardcover edition that was completed as a volunteer fund raiser for the Youth Branch of Fly Fishing Canada (six years in the making), marketed by mail and Internet. Since 1980, Jones has received 20 awards for excellence in writing. Jones is the editor of Island Fisherman magazine and Fly Fishing Canada Publishing. He resides in Courtenay, with Vera, his wife, who is also a writer and editor.

CITY/TOWN: Courtenay, BC

DATE OF BIRTH: Oct 4, 1935

PLACE OF BIRTH: Vancouver, BC

EMPLOYMENT OTHER THAN WRITING: Editor

AWARDS: 20 writing awards since 1980

BOOKS:

1984: Make Your Own Fishing Tackle, Maclean Hunter
1995: Tangled Lines and Patched Waders, Horsdal & Schubart
1997: Warped Rods and Squeaky Reels, Horsdal & Schubart
Island Halibut Fisherman (Harbour, 2007). With Larry E. Stefanyk.
Island Salmon Fisherman (Harbour, 2008). With Larry E. Stefanyk

EDITOR

1991: Flyfishing Strategies for Stillwaters by Brian Chan 1992: West Coast: Homeland of Mist by Carol Evans
1993: Artist at Large: Alaska by Sue Colman
1999: The Psychological Origins of the Resurrection Myth by Rev. Jack Kent
2000: Ralph Shaw's Vancouver Island Adventures by Ralph Shaw
2001: Fly Fishing Canada - From Coast to Coast to Coast
2002: The Essential Guide to Fly Fishing in British Columbia
2002: My Outdoors by Steve Galea
2003: Lake Fly Fishing Strategies by Bob Sheedy
2003: Bob Sheedy's Top 50 Stillwater Fly Patterns by Bob Sheedy
2005: Evasive Action by Michael Fedoruk as told to Ernie Fedoruk
2006: Island Fly Fisherman (Harbour), with Larry E. Stefanyk
2006: A Compendium of Canadian Fly Patterns (Gale's End Press). With Paul C. Marriner. To order, visit www.flyfishingcanada.net or send cheque or Money Order for $58.25 to: Gale's End Press, 103 Mader's Cove Road, RR 1, Mahone Bay, NS
B0J 2E0. Price includes postage and GST. ISBN 0-9733383-4-2

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