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About the Decorative Metal Ornament of Man & Child Fishing

It's called Fishing Friends, and the scene is the end of a day's fishing together. Both rods stand upright with the line wound round them, and the fish in the child's hand says the trip went well. Plenty of anglers remember a first trip like that with a dad or a grandad.

That's why it works among fishing gifts for dad: for Father's Day, a birthday, or a dad who taught his children to fish, given by a grown-up son or daughter who remembers those mornings on the pier. Many father and son gifts are clothes or gadgets; this is one he can keep on a shelf.

The figures are slim and stylised rather than detailed, so this fishing statue reads clearly from across a room. At about 9.4cm wide and 6.7cm deep, it fits a mantelpiece, a bookshelf, a desk or a windowsill, beside other fishing ornaments or a framed photo of a catch.

It's a little different from the usual lone angler figure: this man and child fishing ornament is about father and son fishing together, or a grandad and grandchild, which is what gives it a story.

It's a decorative metal fishing ornament, not a toy, and the slim rods are the most delicate part, so stand it where it won't be knocked. Keep it indoors and dust it with a soft, dry cloth.