Just finishing up Lord Alanbrooke's WWII diaries. He was one the British main strategists in the war. The book is interesting as it is mostly his opinions about the people he dealt with.

He was also, as many/most British gentry were, and avid angler and hunter. Even during the war he managed to fish and shoot.

After Germany's surrender he went to Berlin and then toured the countryside. In one beautiful stream he found few fish. He ascribed this to the fact that the Americans were fishing worms in every pool and they were following the SS who had fished with grenades. So, worms are as bad as DuPont Spinners in his mind.

He was a fly flinger and lure fisherman.