You write about the importance of patronizing your local fishing shop as opposed to ordering equipment from the Internet. He thought that’s what I wanted to hear, and it was the last thing I wanted to hear, though I do love them. I was once fishing for sturgeon and the guide on the boat was blasting Black Sabbath and AC/DC. It balances the craziness of the rock lifestyle. Yet it’s very different being near a river and the tranquility and calm as opposed to the production and sheer volume of an Iron Maiden concert. I suppose whenever you achieve something you set out to do, whether it’s going on stage and thinking you’ve played well and the band’s played well and that feels good, or coming away from the riverbank and maybe you’ve been out there with friends that’s a good feeling also. How would you compare fishing and Iron Maiden? Is a successful fishing trip akin to having a great concert or recording session? It was more of being in awe of the surroundings and the sheer size and power of the fish and going on a jet boat and the massive river and the powerful current. Sturgeon fishing in the Fraser River in British Columbia was also memorable for different reasons. It took me 10 years to catch one so that would have to be the one. For American anglers it’s like catching a double digit Large Mouth Bass. The book covers a lifetime of fishing stories and your quests for catching all matter of fish. It was slightly bizarre but it was quite funny. And then he turns up later in the chapter as well in the studio, and he brings it up again. He came out and he turned to me and said, ‘in the whole of the Caribbean you had to cast across my line.’ He was only half-joking. That’s where an example of fishing and music can become joined together literally. I was fishing out the front of the studio and I crossed my lines with Robert Palmer. There’s a story from when we were recording the “Powerslave” album in Nassau, Bahamas. Some of the stories happened while recording Iron Maiden albums. But a lot of it is anecdotes and funny stories and things that happen while you’re fishing and that I think crosses over. I wanted it to be mainly a fishing story.
There is some technical stuff on fishing I didn’t want to dumb it down. How do you think the book appeals to Maiden fans who aren’t anglers and fishermen who aren’t heavy metal fans?
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