Fishing's Strangest Days: Extraordinary But True Stories From Over Two Hundred Years of Angling History

Fishing's Strangest Days: Extraordinary But True Stories From Over Two Hundred Years of Angling History

by TomQuinn (Author)

Synopsis

Fishing's Strangest Tales gathers together choice stories and bizarre fishing tales from all over the world. Consider the Oxford scientist who in 1910 discovered the marvellous life-giving properties of brandy to fish who had otherwise gasped their last. Or how about the nine-year-old boy fishing for trout who caught a large mussel - containing no less than forty pearls - and managed to earn more in one day than his father, a farm worker, had earned in the last five years. Fishing's Strangest Days is full of fascinating tales that may sound fishy and unbelievable but will have have you caught hook, line and sinker. Word count: 45,000

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Format: Paperback
Pages: 224
Edition: 1st Paperback Edition
Publisher: Portico
Published: 21 Nov 2002

ISBN 10: 1861055358
ISBN 13: 9781861055354
Book Overview: Fishing is an extremely popular sport in Britain and throughout the world, and gathered in this volume are gems of bizarre fishing facts.

Author Bio
Tom Quinn is a journalist, juggler, orange peel collector and expert on Victorian fish painters, who spends much of his time travelling round Britain looking for quirky subjects to write about. He has written five titles in the best-selling Strangest series. Tom also writes occasional obituaries for The Times and edits Country Business magazine.