True Tales from an Expert Fisherman: A Memoir of My Life with Rod and Reel

Description

In ten hugely entertaining and well-illustrated fishing tales, internationally renowned author, photographer and angler John Bailey recounts some of the best and worst aspects of his worldwide pursuit of fish. Bailey shares his horrifying brushes with espionage and death in the world's most remote and inhospitable places and introduces readers along the way to a motley array of characters, as well as an immense variety of fish! Written with great energy, enthusiasm and respect for the wild, True Tales from an Expert Fisherman is a singular record of one man's lifelong passion for fishing.

John Bailey is an internationally renowned author, photographer and presenter of television programs on fishing and natural history. One of Britain's best-known anglers, he has also written numerous books, including John Bailey's Fishing Bible. As a pioneering fishing trip tour leader, he has led anglers to some of the most remote corners of the world. UK

This is travel writing at its best for those of us who revel in vicarious pilgrimages to streams of dreams. --Sporting Classics Magazine The title received the Book of the Year Award from the Angling Writers Association, and details Bailey's travels around the world in ten well-written and illustrated principle stories from one of Britain's best-known angling personalities. --Chi Wulff, Dry Fly Media