Fishing's Strangest Days: Extraordinary But True Stories from Over Three Hundred Years of Angling History by Tom Quinn
This collection is swimming with amusing, colorful, true tales that sound almost too fishy to be be believable
From dead-sheep bait to whopper-sized catches ("It was this big!"), intoxicated trout, and flying pike, this collection presents the choicest gems of bizarre fishing facts.
Consider the Oxford scientist who in 1910 discovered the marvelous life-giving properties of brandy to fish who had otherwise gasped their last. Or the nine-year-old boy fishing for trout who caught a large mussel—containing no less than 40 pearls—and managed to earn more in one day than his father, a farm worker, had earned in the last five years. Then there's the case of the two Americans who had an argument about whether it would be possible to cast a fly from the roof of the Savoy Hotel into the Thames. The dispute was finally settled when one of them secured himself to a chimney, and, with the help of a policeman who stopped traffic on the Embankment, finally achieved the feat.
Like a tin of sardines, this book is packed with fishy, bite-size tales, and is guaranteed to have you hooked.
Format: Paperback | 176 pages
Dimensions (cm): 20.96 x 13.97 x 2.54 | 325g
Publication Date: 01 Sep 2012
Publisher: Anova Books Company
Imprint: Portico
Publication City/Country: London, United Kingdom
Language: English
Illustrations note: b&w illustrations
ISBN10: 1907554637
ISBN13: 9781907554636
Condition: Good
A book that has been read but is in good condition. Very minimal damage to the cover including very minor scuff marks, but no holes or tears. The dust jacket is included and in good condition (very minor scuff marks along the edges, very minor scratches, and some minor dark smudges). All pages are undamaged with no creasing or tearing, no pencil underlining of text, no highlighting of text, no writing in margins. No missing pages. Apart from some very minor cosmetic damage to the cover and dust jacket, the book is in excellent condition.