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Never Sniff a Gift Fish
Never Sniff a Gift Fish
Author: Patrick F. McManus
You don't have to be a nature lover to love these wacky tales of a sportsman's life in the Great Outdoors. Here in his third collection of spoofs, McManus offers more cracker-barrel wisdom and zany insights into the agonies and ecstacies of hunting, fishing, and camping. You'll learn all about that dread disease, "two-man-tent f...  more »
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ISBN-13: 9780030638640
ISBN-10: 003063864X
Publication Date: 12/1988
Pages: 217
Rating:
  • Currently 4.3/5 Stars.
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4.3 stars, based on 9 ratings
Publisher: Harcourt Brace Co.
Book Type: Paperback
Other Versions: Hardcover, Audio Cassette, Audio CD
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Helpful Score: 2
This is a collection of humorous essays by a hunter/fisherman.

"Never Sniff a Gift Fish" (A cast which reaches a fish is never too short), "The Night Grandma Shot Shorty", and "Temporary Measures" were the best of the book. Temporary Measures is so true of any part of life--if you leave a temporary measure there long enough (such as duct taping the filter that isn't quite the right size into the vent over the stove--as a temporary measure until you can find one the right size) it will eventually become permanent. :)

The several essays discussing various childhood escapades made me laugh--testing a deep sea diving suit and coming out of the watering pond and scaring all the cows away, and attempting to launch a home-made glider off the roof, or riding a cow--I feel sorry for his buddy's parents who seemed always to be on the other side of their stampeding cow herd!
Marcia avatar reviewed Never Sniff a Gift Fish on + 378 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
Different cover, same book. If you love nature, you will love these hilarious taless of man against nature. It is filled with cracker-barrel wisdom and funny insights into the agonies and esctacies of hunting fishing and camping. You will learn about that dreaded disease "Two -Man-Tent_fever. and much more. I have all his books and decided to share. I went to one of his one-man shows and recommend them to all.
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Helpful Score: 1
I personally thought this book was hilarious
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Patrick McManus is the funniest writer ever. This is full of short stories of his hunting, camping and life experiences.
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Helpful Score: 1
Humorous outdoor tales from North Idaho like Crazy Eddie, Retch, Rancid, and Fenton Quagmire
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Funny vignettes of Pat McManus and his outdoorsy tales. Quirky characters and funny little adventures.
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Just good clean fun
runcysmom avatar reviewed Never Sniff a Gift Fish on + 163 more book reviews
Very funny short stories about an outdoor sportsman.
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My husband kept this book for quite sometime as he just didn't want to part with it, but all good things must come to an end {if we are to make room for more in this house}. This is a cute book, mostly directed toward the manly guy who is an outdoor man, or those who think they are. I myself found this to be quite funny and found myself referring to parts when my husband would tell me "BIG" stories of his fishing adventures. We both would end up laughing. A really fun book both men and women will laugh outloud at.
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If you have ever camped, backpacked or went fishing, or done silly things as a kid, this book is laugh out loud funny all the way through. I would give it 10 stars if I could
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I love and have read all of McManus' books. He is a great writer with funny stories about growing up and the adventures he had in the outdoors.
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McManus is very funny with clean humor, laughing at human foibles and short comings. A very pleasant experience.
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outdoor humor


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