Amazing Fishing Stories
Amazing Fishing Stories

Author: Paul Knight

Publisher: Fernhurst Books Limited

Published: 2011-09-30

Total Pages: 264

ISBN-13: 1119951623

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Travel from Scottish streams to shark infested seas and from the frozen tundra to tropical reefs. There's every style of fishing, from the magic touch of the fly to blood-and-thunder battles with monsters of the deep. Shiver at ghostly tales from the river bank and marvel at incredible exploits with rod and line. There are stories of ones that got away as well as catches that set records. Discover a treasure trove of stories, invested with a drama and poetry that makes this essential reading for all fishermen, everywhere.

The Best Fishing Stories Ever Told
The Best Fishing Stories Ever Told

Author: Nick Lyons

Publisher: Skyhorse Publishing Inc.

Published: 2010-09-08

Total Pages: 577

ISBN-13: 1616080566

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The Best Fishing Stories Ever Told celebrates the art of hunting fish at many angles. This ancient tradition is practiced all over the world. Tales of baiting, angling, and the watery outdoors are recounted by great writers such as Rudyard Kipling, Guy de Maupassant, and Lord Byron. In scenic rivers, lakes, and seas, praise the trout, snap up that salmon, angle, aim, and sing the fisherman’s song! This superbly presented collection of fishing stories will set the reader sailing on the Loch or along the Thames and tracking down sharks or carp in many exciting waterways. You will find memories, essays, true stories, and fishing accounts more or less exaggerated or imagined. Their authors and their editor, Nick Lyons, all share a communicable passion for a great day out fishing—a passion only surpassed by the love of telling the tale with or without the catch to show! With work by more than one hundred of the world’s most eminent authors and fishermen, including: John McPhee Howell Raines Ted Leeson Jimmy Carter Lefty Kreh Dave Barry Norman Maclean Rudyard Kipling And many more!

The World's Best Fishing Stories
The World's Best Fishing Stories

Author: The Editors of Field & Stream

Publisher: Weldon Owen International

Published: 2015-03-26

Total Pages: 231

ISBN-13: 1616289813

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A collection of true-life fishing tales about big catches, bright seas, and the one that got away—from John Updike, Phil Caputo, Jim Harrison, and others. Anyone who appreciates a good story can appreciate the infinite resource that is the sport of fishing. This collection represents the very best stories about fishing to appear in Field & Stream throughout its 120-year history. It includes writers old and new, with tales infamous and unknown. A fishing story is, in the end, not about catching fish. What matters is the quest, the company, and the challenge. Here you’ll find stories of deep insight, incredible drama, and delightful humor from the likes of Bill Heavey, Zane Gray, Eddie Nickens, Ian Frazier, Kim Barnes, Thomas McGuane, and many others.

Roger Caras' Treasury of Great Fishing Stories
Roger Caras' Treasury of Great Fishing Stories

Author: Roger A. Caras

Publisher: Bristol Park Books

Published: 1998-03

Total Pages: 548

ISBN-13: 9780884861904

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Gathered by best-selling nature writer Roger Caras, these classic and little-known works of literature celebrate fishing as art, craft, and quasi-religious pursuit. From the early morning solitude of a lone fly-fisherman in a trout stream to the heart-pounding sea battle for a seven-hundred-pound tuna, these tales encompass the wide range of locales and experiences that make up the fisherman's world. Salmon, swordfish, the hammerhead shark, a terrifying green moray, catfish, the tough little jack, and everywhere - from ancient British streams to secluded American rivers - the trout. They are all here, pursued, observed, revered and remembered in a distinguished array of literary styles.

Incredible--and True!--Fishing Stories
Incredible--and True!--Fishing Stories

Author: Shaun Morey

Publisher: Workman Publishing

Published: 2014-06-15

Total Pages: 225

ISBN-13: 0761181318

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The daredevil who leaped from a helicopter onto the back of a marlin and rode it rodeo-style. A staggering 3,001 bass caught in a single short summer season on Long Island. A grueling 37-hour fight with Pacific salmon. Sometimes truth is stranger than fiction! From crazy billfish quests to the scientist who hooked a grizzly, from "fish catches man" horror stories to those nutty catfish noodlers who grope into the murkiest holes bare-handed, her are fishing's most unpredictable and spectacular tales. Shaun Morey traveled the world—including Alaska, Australia, Mexico, and the Caribbean—to interview anglers, boat captains, guides, and witnesses who can say: Yes, this really happened! Includes illustrations, photos, and links to videos.

Steck-Vaughn Pair-It Books Emergent Stage 2
Steck-Vaughn Pair-It Books Emergent Stage 2

Author:

Publisher: Steck-Vaughn

Published: 1997

Total Pages: 180

ISBN-13: 9780817264703

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Pair-it books is an emergent through proficiency reading program of companion fiction and nonfiction books paired by topic and reading level. Pair-it books help students move from reading fictional narratives to reading nonfiction for information. Stage 1 for Grades K-1.