Veteran fishing writer, editor John Henry Merwin, 66

Veteran fishing writer John Merwin, who served as fishing editor for Field & Stream magazine for nearly two decades, died Wednesday, Feb. 20 at Dartmouth-Hitchcock Medical Center in Lebanon, N.H.. Merwin, 66, who was a resident of Dorset, Vt., edited or authored 15 books, including “Trailside Guide to Fly Fishing” and “The New American Trout Fishing.” Rutland Herald and remembered by Jerry Gibbs.