Iron Maiden guitarist Adrian Smith got hooked on fishing as a child
growing up in East London, plundering ponds and bomb craters on the
Hackney Marshes for newts and sticklebacks, and catching perch from the
Grand Union Canal while on outings with his father. And then things
began to get more exotic. The young angling enthusiast grew up to become
lead guitarist in one of the most successful rock bands in history, and
started traveling the world playing to millions of fans. But once a
fisherman, always a fisherman. The gear went with him; the fish got
bigger; the adventures more extreme. Welcome to the world of Adrian
Smith, as he clocks in to his day job furthering the geographical
boundaries of hard rock, and clocks out to explore far-flung rivers,
seas, waterways, lakes, and pools on his fearless quest for fishing
nirvana. His first sturgeon was a whopping 100-pounder from Canada's
swirling Fraser River that nearly wiped him out mid-Maiden tour. And how
about the close shave with a large shark off the Virgin Islands while
wading waist-deep for bonefish? Not to mention an enviable list of
specimen coarse fish from the UK. It's a lifetime adventure in fishing.