While wars and sport fishing are not often mentioned in the same breath there is one interesting connection, with a Nova Scotia twist, where fishing played a role in the outcome of the Second World War. I was reminded of that connection this fall when I made my yearly visit to the Margaree Salmon Museum.
The story revolves around Bill Greenaway who was born in 1896 in Minmyrray, County Down Ireland. He moved to England as a young man and soon made a name for himself as a casting champion. Casting for distance and accuracy was becoming a popular sport in Europe and Bill Greenaway was a natural at it. At one time he was British, European and World amateur bait casting champion. He fought in the First World War where he received the Military Cross and was decorated with 23 shamrocks, each indicating an act of bravery…….
Cape Breton Post. 14/11/2012. Read the article ‘Legendary angler Bill Greenaway was the ‘fishing spy’
