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The Accidental Angler

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Description for The Accidental Angler Paperback. Takes us from London suburbs to Bhutan, Icelandic moonscapes to the Seychelles. This work shows how fishing can take you to the heart of a landscape in a way few other forms of travel can match. A fishing rod can also break the ice with locals, guides, farmers, shopkeepers, taxi drivers and bar-flies. Num Pages: 240 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: WSXF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 226.

Fishing can take you to the heart of a landscape in a way few other forms of travel can match. Whether in the world's most outlandish and awe-inspiring places or just at the end of your road, fishing will introduce you to crabby weather and crabbier locals, moon-phases, rip-tides, floods, droughts, remarkable tales, and of course fantastic slippery beasts.

In The Accidental Angler you'll battle titanic monsters on a tropical atoll and make-believe sharks on the mushy-peas-and-gravy Wash. You'll chase inscrutable grayling through back gardens in Provence, or phantom sea trout in downtown Southampton. And you'll dance in Brazilian ... Read more

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Product Details

Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
Number of Pages
240
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9780224080125
SKU
V9780224080125
Shipping Time
Usually ships in 4 to 8 working days
Ref
99-1

About Charles Rangeley-Wilson
Charles Rangeley-Wilson is an award-winning journalist and broadcaster. As well as having presented BBC TV's The Accidental Angler, he is The Field's fishing correspondent and contributes regularly to Gray's Sporting Journal, America's leading literary outdoor magazine. He was a founder of the Wild Trout Trust, and is the author of one previous book, Somewhere Else. He lives in Norfolk with ... Read more

Reviews for The Accidental Angler
Whether battling titantic monsters on a tropical atoll or chasing phantom sea-trout in Southampton, Rangeley-Wilson attains cultural and sociological insights into all manner of people and places.
The Field
Charles Rangeley-Wilson ... is fishing's high-priest. To the common passion for the pastime, he adds an exceptional ability to write well...And he has an acerbic eye
Ross Leckie ... Read more

Goodreads reviews for The Accidental Angler


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