Fishing stories -- Or the art of fishing away one's life

Burlesque, funny, unlikely stories from fifty years with a fishing rod in hand

Lars Lenth has been obsessed with fishing his entire life. From the time he discovered his passion as a child on a rocky cliff in Southern Norway to many years later hunting for Atlantic bluefin tuna off the Norwegian coast or fishing for permits on Tobago.
What is it about this slow activity that makes fishermen disappear into a kind of trance?
“Fishing stories” provide some kind of answer. Or rather; many answers. These are Lars Lenth’s best fishing stories, or relentlessly self-examining life observations and burlesque, funny, unlikely stories from fifty years with a fishing rod in hand.