Great Angling Disasters

by Tom Quinn

Overview

A unique collection of fishing stories from the past 200 years that prove that when it comes to fishing, things can and often do go hilariously wrong. From stories of record breakers that got away to boats that sank, rods that broke and pike and salmon that ran amok, Great Angling Disasters is the ultimate chronicle of those less than triumphant days on the riverbank. For everyone interested in fishing with rod and line whether they are game, coarse or sea fishermen.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9781846892417
Publisher:	Quiller Publishing Ltd.
Publication date:	01/15/2018
Pages:	192
Product dimensions:	568.00(w) x 8.93(h) x 0.92(d)

About the Author

Tom Quinn has written a number of books about the history of the English countryside as well as books on fishing, eccentrics, long walks, railways, early aviation and the First World War. He is the author of BB Remembered, the life of children's author and illustrator Denys Watkins-Pitchford (better known as BB), The World's Greatest Shooting Stories, Heaven upon Earth, and Collecting Fishing Tackle, all of which were published by Quiller. A keen walker and fisherman he is also the author of several books about the Royal Family. He writes occasional obituaries for The Times and has edited a number of magazines including The Countryman.

Table of Contents

Introduction
1: Overwhelmed and Underplayed
Caught in the Flies
Caught in a Drain
A Fortune Lost
Mystery Fish
The End of the Legendary Grayling
2: Bamboozled
Floundering
No Luck in Ireland
Rotten Line
American Escapades
Monster Mahseer
3: Making Mischief
Conger Attack
Lost Beneath the Lilies
Death at the Trows
Fishing Not Marrying
Tyne Wave
Pike Escape
4: A Little Local Difficulty
Abandoned by the Goddess of Fishing
That Old Line!
Mud in Your Eye
The Road to Hell …
Down a Hole
Vicar on the Run
Acrobatic Fish
Double Trouble
Eels and Ears
Flying Sea Trout
Torn to Shreds
Salmon Tied in Knots
The Weed Not the Man
An Endless Dive, and Then Rain
Inglorious Piking
5: Head Over Heels
The Great Unseen Bass
‘I am Afraid it is a Shark’
Shark Bait Tarpon Lokoja, West Africa, 1914
6: Missing the Point
Bovine Battle
Just One Thing After Another …
Triumph, Then Tragedy
7: Tragic Muse
Mad About Pike
Fish Attacks Boy
Double Disaster
Tackle Dancing Bull
Night Manoeuvres
Fit for an Emperor
Eighty Pounder Lost
Clouded in Myth
Copyright

Editorial Reviews

‘This delightful collection of more than 40 angling stories … is an eclectic mix of quirky tales, set within a bygone era, and sympathetically edited by Tom Quinn. … Some of these fishy tales reference long-lost techniques and equipment, but this does not distract from hooking the reader with its descriptive narrative, making it as accessible and appealing to non-anglers. … Overall, an excellent read for anglers of all ages.’

Land & Business, CLA

From the Publisher

Straight away from the front cover illustration of a suited gent struggling in some discomfort with a giant fly stuck in a delicate area while his ghillie looks on, I could tell I was going to enjoy this book.

I think we all love a good yarn especially if we can identify with either the unfortunate victims in this instance or at least the potential for whatever the misfortune they encountered. The very opening sentence of the introduction says it all – “Fishing, it has been said, is an accident waiting to happen.”

This book is a humorous collection of fishing tales gathered from old sources dating from the 1870’s to the 1940’s which adds a whole different flavour to them, with images of Tweeded gents, cane rods and a time of greater difference between the classes, city folk and country folk.

With adventures set at home and abroad, there is a wide set of styles and stories. Something for everyone you might say.

Fish and Fly

Nicely presented and is ideal for reading by the fireside on cold winter days and nights when you are trapped indoors, an entertaining mood lifter.

River Reads

A highly amusing collection of calamitous fishing tales from the last 200 years.

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