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Fishing's Strangest Days: Extraordinary But True Stories

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From dead-sheep bait to whopper-sized catches , 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 how about 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. Fishing's Strangest Days is like a tin of sardines—packed with fishy, bitesize tales guaranteed to have you hooked!

Language: English

Pages: 292

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Anova Books

Release: April 28, 2008

ISBN: 1861055358

ISBN 13: 9781861055354

Fishing's Strangest Days: Extraordinary But True Stories

3.3/5 ( ratings)

From dead-sheep bait to whopper-sized catches , 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 how about 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. Fishing's Strangest Days is like a tin of sardines—packed with fishy, bitesize tales guaranteed to have you hooked!

Language: English

Pages: 292

Format: Paperback

Publisher: Anova Books

Release: April 28, 2008

ISBN: 1861055358

ISBN 13: 9781861055354

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