Fishing from the Rock of the Bay

The Making of an Angler

Fishing from the Rock of the Bay
James Batty
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Hardback
h234 x 156mm - 288pg
2 Sep 2021 UK
International import eta 10-19 days
9781913159344
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I hardly remember life without a rod in my hand, writes James Batty in the opening sentence of his autobiography in fishing. When his American wife moved with him to Cornwall, she saw his family photo album and commented that there was hardly a single picture of him in which he wasn' t fishing. This witty, wacky account is Jim' s tale of his obsession with his hobby of fishing, wherever his work took him around the world, seeking out lemon sharks in the Gambia, Striped Bass in New York and salmon in British Columbia. Jim' s genre of writing is a mixture of John Gierach and Bill Bryson: his style is wry, witty and incisive. The end result is an entertaining insight into the mind of a dedicated angler, full of fishing anecdotes, tips and thought-provoking ideas. AUTHOR: After an early career as headmaster of a small primary school in the Gambia, and further work in Tanzania, Botwana and Ireland, James Batty moved to New York and became a management consultant, a job which enabled him to travel widely and fish regularly in his spare time. He now lives near the tip of Cornwall on the west coast of England with his bewildered American wife Shelley.
James Batty, known to his international army of online followers as ' Leakyboots' , started fishing at the age of four. In the sixty-some years that have passed since then, he has lived in the Sudan, Tanzania, the Gambia, Botswana, the USA, and the UK; and it goes without saying that a rod never has been far from his hand. He funded his fishing habit by working as a teacher, an accountant, and an international management consultant. Born in Cornwall, James came home about twenty years ago to the rocks and beaches of his childhood, and to the bass he loves to pursue.
Status: No local stock, title imported to order
ISBN-13: 9781913159344
Published: 2 Sep 2021
Published In: United Kingdom
Imprint: Merlin Unwin Books
Publisher: Merlin Unwin Books
Format: Hardback
Height: 234mm
Width: 156mm
Spine: 30mm
Weight: 643g
Pages: 288

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