Angie’s Comment About AIC

We thought this comment from my friend Angie merited a little more attention than to be left hidden in the confines of the comments department. It was posted February 12th of 2010. Thank you, Angie Ioannides.

Angie Ioannides
Just wanted to leave a little review on what I thought about the book. I am anti-outdoors, but have known Shane Andrew for years and since I had heard so much about the book, decided to purchase it and give it a read. For someone who is not the interested in fishing, I will have to say that the book grabbed my attention and I spent around two hours reading it front to back. I was amazed at the depth of this book. Not only is it a very well researched history of a sport that continues to grow at leap and bounds, but there is a history of a personal triumph and struggle artfully weaved between the facts. In a society that has lost most of it’s grip on morals and good choices, here is a story of someone who did the right thing. Glen walked away from a sport in its birth, when he could have pursued it and become a founding father so to speak. His son, Shane, did a very respectful gesture by honoring his father, in this way. Not many people get the chance to do that. The book may not get the correct reviews that it deserves, some may write it off a fishing history book. Jerry McKinnis got the heart of the book as well and my only hope is that others will read the book and gain respect for Glen Andrews. I am not a fishing fan,but will forever be a Glen Andrews fan.