Best Fishing Stories Ever Told : 50+ Classic Tales

This superbly presented collection celebrates the art of fishing from many angles, bringing together over 50 classic tales compiled by expert angler and editor Nick Lyons. From scenic rivers and lakes to dramatic encounters with sharks and carp in exciting waterways worldwide, these stories capture an ancient tradition practiced across the globe.

Featuring work by some of the world's most eminent authors and fishermen—including Rudyard Kipling, Guy de Maupassant, Lord Byron, John McPhee, Norman Maclean, Jimmy Carter, Dave Barry, and many more—you'll find memories, essays, true stories, and fishing accounts both exaggerated and imagined. Tales of baiting, angling, and the watery outdoors will set you sailing on the Loch or along the Thames, praising the trout and snapping up salmon along the way.

What unites these diverse voices is 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!