Hilarious Fishing Cartoons

By John Troy, Doris Troy and Nick Lyons

Any angler who has ever been out-fished by a beginner with a twig and some twine or questioned whether bass are smarter than he is will be in good company here. Hilarious Fishing Cartoons pokes fun at every kind of angling absurdity. Tiers struggling to tie microscopic flies, bass fishermen who catch more boots than bass, weekenders loaded down with every gizmo and piece of tackle in the shop, and fanatical, freezing ice fishermen doomed to drill and not grill are all represented. Troy's pen is deft and clever, and his one-liners are truly side-splitting. The next time your line gets so tangled you're ready to curse or quit fishing forever, remember these cartoons and you may just find yourself chuckling instead.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Skyhorse
• Release date: Oct 17, 2008
• ISBN: 9781628732078

John Troy

John Troy's cartoons have appeared in Field & Stream, Sports Afield, Outdoor Life, Audubon, In-Fisherman, Ducks Unlimited Magazine, Fly Fisherman, and dozens of other outdoor publications. He was the creator of "Baxter," the beloved and mischievous hunting dog who was featured in several of his many bestselling cartoon collections. He was the author of Hilarious Fishing Cartoons and Hilarious Hunting Cartoons. John Troy grew up in New Jersey and lived with his wife, Doris, in Dade City, Florida. He is deceased.

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Hilarious Fishing Cartoons

John Troy

Copyright © 2008 by John Troy Foreword Copyright © 2008 by Nick Lyons

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Troy, John.

Hilarious fishing cartoons / John Troy ; color by Doris Troy ; with a foreword by Nick Lyons. p. cm.

9781602393042

1. Fishing in art. 2. American wit and humor, Pictorial. I. Title.

NC1429.T695A4 2007

741.5’6973—dc22

2007020064

10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1

Printed in China

Table of Contents

Cover

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

FOREWORD

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS

INTRODUCTION

To Doris,

my wife, my life

FOREWORD

I’ve never gone fishing, a serious friend once told me, when I haven’t caught myself laughing half a dozen times, even when I’m alone. That’s my experience, too. The thousand facets of the sport and those who practice it seem ideally suited to humor—though really good humor