The Best Fishing Stories Ever Told celebrates the art of hunting fishat many angles. This ancient tradition is practiced all over theworld. Tales of baiting, angling, and the watery outdoors are recountedby great writers such as Rudyard Kipling, Guy de Maupassant,and Lord Byron. In scenic rivers, lakes, and seas, praisethe trout, snap up that salmon, angle, aim, and sing the fisherman'ssong! This superbly presented collection of fishing stories will setthe reader sailing on the Loch or along the Thames and trackingdown sharks or carp in many exciting waterways.<br /><br />You will find memories, essays, true stories, and fishing accountsmore or less exaggerated or imagined. Their authors and their editor,Nick Lyons, all share a communicable passion for a great dayout fishing—a passion only surpassed by the love of telling the talewith or without the catch to show!<br /><br />With work by more than one hundred of the world's most eminentauthors and fishermen, including:<ul> <li> John McPhee </li> <li> Howell Raines </li> <li> Ted Leeson </li> <li> Jimmy Carter </li> <li> Lefty Kreh </li> <li> Dave Barry </li> <li> Norman Maclean </li> <li> Rudyard Kipling </li> <li> And many more!</li></ul>