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.
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Book Description Condition: new. (Hardcover, 2012). (2002) 2012 new edition. 8vo (135 x 205mm). Ppx,166. B/w photographs and illustrations. Dark blue end-papers. Light blue boards, spine titled in silver gilt. Very good in slightly browned dust-wrapper. A collection of articles recounting stories gleaned from lore, legend and the sporting press. This is an attractive hardback edition of a book more commonly found in paperback. . Seller Inventory # 34273
Book Description Condition: new. (Hardcover, 2012). (2002) 2012 new edition. 8vo (133 x 204mm). Ppx,166. B/w photographs and illustrations. Dark blue end-papers. Light blue boards, spine titled in silver-gilt. Very good in dust-wrapper. A collection of articles recounting stories gleaned from lore, legend and the sporting press. . Seller Inventory # 31129
Book Description Condition: new. (Hardcover, 2015). (2002) 2015 new edition. 8vo (135 x 205mm). Ppx,166. B/w photographs and illustrations. Dark blue end-papers. Light blue boards, spine titled in silver gilt. Near fine in dust-wrapper. A collection of articles recounting stories gleaned from lore, legend and the sporting press. This is an attractive hardback edition of a book more commonly found in paperback. . Seller Inventory # 56804
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