Wednesday, November 11th, 2009
Eric King-Turner emigrated to New Zealand at the age of 102, saying he loved the country and especially loved the fishing. And even at 102 he went fishing.
A couple of weeks before he died he purchased a new seasons licence, but he never got to use it, the weather kept him from the water.
There is an old Babylonian proverb: “the Gods have decreed that the days spent fishing are added to the allotted life span”. Eric must have done a powerful lot of fishing over the years.
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Fished for over 50 years in fresh and salt water, in NZ and around the world. Seven books on fishing (flyfishing and saltwater) published. Write articles for magazines in NZ, Australia, USA, and England. Seen and done amazing & marvelous things, and things no man ought to have seen or been trained to do - in 60 something years around this planet. Read and heard ideas, that have inspired, invigorated, appalled and disgusted. Would not have had it any other way!