Added by: drazhar | Karma: 1454.87 | Non-Fiction, Other | 1 January 2014
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Fly Fishing - The Lifetime Sport
This world-class fly fishing school clearly demonstrates the art and science of fly fishing. It was designed and written with university standards as an accredited course.
The wind carries Harry's beach hat off on an adventure where it proves very useful indeed. The Magpie borrows the straw hat as a nest, a kangaroo takes a bite out of it, it protects a possum family from the rain, and a pelican uses the hat as a fishing basket. Where will the wind take it next and will Harry get his hat back after all?
British businessman and dedicated angler Paul Torday has found a way to combine a novel about fishing and all that it means with a satire involving politics, bureaucrats, the Middle East, the war in Iraq, and a sheikh who is really a mystic. Torday makes it all work in a most convincing way using memos, interviews, e-mails, and letters in clever juxtaposition.
Deep sea fishers use dangerous equipment on ice-covered decks. They combat huge waves, high winds, and sometimes even sharks. But the people who do this work welcome the challenges. Find out how these brave men and women bring fish from hazardous seas to dinner plates all over the world.
