Fishing with My Old Guy / Paul Quarrington

by Paul Quarrington

Book Overview

"This story is about madness", Paul Quarrington admits blithely in his delightful tale of great fish and mortal men. Thus readers may discern they have joined up with devoted anglers; sane people wouldn't visit a cold, windswept isle in vain pursuit of the world's largest speckled trout. However, most people have never been importuned by the likes of Gordon Deval, teacher extraordinaire and singular proponent of transcendental fishing wisdom. A longtime...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1550541862
• ISBN13: 9781550541861
• Release Date: January 1995
• Publisher: Greystone Books
• Length: 166 Pages
• Weight: 0.70 lbs.

Customer Reviews

I are the 'Old Guy'. Great book on a difficult subject!

I talked Paul into making this trip with us. We had fished and worked on his angling skills for over ten years and I felt he was ready to go affter the 'Big One'. Howeverr it was not to be. We ran into just about the worst conditions that anybody could imagine and due to circumstances were unable to go to the Deval territory, one with which I was familiar. I didn't think it was possible for anybody to construct a readable tale as a result of this venture, but Paulie not only pulled it off, but wrote his 'Old Guy' book with all the flair and humour that only a superb author could. I am just putting the finishing touches on a sequel to his wonderful account of that mis-adventure, 'Fishing With Paul Quarrington by His Old Guy'. It fills in the holes that 'Q' left out and includes his next trip with us, this time into my territory and with superb fishing.

I are Paul's 'Old Guy'! Great book on a difficult subject.

I am still amazed that Q was able to write such a readable and hillarious book about a trip that turned into a disaster. Only an author blessed with superior skills and humour could pull it off, but he did and 'in spades!' As Q's 'Old Guy' I am putting the finishing touches on a sequel to his book, Fishing With Paul Quarrington by His Old Guy. It delves further into our fishing and casting lives together since we met fifteen years ago and includes Paul's second trip to the Broadback, this time to my territory and with superb fishing.