River Reads was established by Sandy Armishaw in Torrington as a second hand bookstore with an eclectic range of titles. Over the years the angling side has enlarged and River Reads has now become one of the premier angling book specialists in the country, with many titles signed by the authors.
To accompany this the shop also included a range of vintage fishing tackle as Sandy's husband Keith renovates antique cane rods. You can view the site and the full stock with ordering facilities on www.riverreads.co.uk

The charitable trust was started in 2009 to try to preserve angling history, principally through film footage, recordings, photographic material and written information. The Trust is interested in the people and social history rather than big fish and expensive tackle. The Trustees are Sandy Armishaw (the founder) of River Reads Bookshop; legendary carp angler and author Chris Yates, and former match angler & accountant Reg Talbot. Fred Buller MBE is the patron. The Trust has already recorded Fred Buller MBE talking to the late Fred J Taylor MBE. This was made into a book containing two Cd's and the nett proceeds were used by the Trust to fund further recordings of Des Taylor with the late Prof. Barrie Rickards, and the Bob Buteux and Len Arbery. Items have been also been donated or loaned, many of which you can see when visiting River Reads Bookshop in Torrington, and you can learn more about the Trust including how you can help through the website www.anglingheritage.org