Book description
When fishing, there's always an element of chance. And the
occasional opportunity to exaggerate just a bit, especially about the
one that got away. In Lies, Damned Lies & Anglers, Bruce Sandison
searches for the truth about angling, with all it's pleasures and
frustrations, and reveals some of the secrets of success he has
discovered over the years. For those drawn to river and loch, peace,
tranquility and contentment are key. But catching fish is an
altogether trickier business. Over the years, Bruce Sandison has
caught prize fish almost by accident, suffered as absolute beginners
have had more than their fair share of luck, battled the elements in
small boats, worn inappropriate waders and has, by chance, also
discovered the songs that fish simply can't resist. Through good times
and bad, the odd big fish may have got away but, of course, the
stories are all true . . .
Bruce Sandison and his wife, Ann, live in a croft cottage
overlooking the Kyle of Tongue in North Sutherland. He is recognised
as being one of Scotland's most determined defenders of the
environmental integrity of his native land. Over the past thirty years
he has engaged in campaigns to protet the environment from the
unwelcome activities of the mass-afforestation of the Flow Country of
Caithness and East Sutherland, industrial-scale peat extraction, super
quarries, wind farms and inappropriately sited factory fish farms. His
love of Scotland and for its wild places has been the driving force
behind his writing, and this shines through on the pages of all of his books.
