 Author Name: George Reiger
Title: PROFILES IN SALTWATER ANGLING: A HISTORY OF THE SPORT - ITS PEOPLE AND PLACES, TACKLE AND TECHNIQUES 2ND EDITION
Binding: Hardcover
Type: BOOK
Publisher: DOWN EAST BOOKS
ISBN Number: 0892724498 / 9780892724499
Seller ID: 1028982
Begins with early pioneers such as Henry William Herbert, Louis Agassiz, and "Tuna" George Farnsworth, and proceeds to some of the Grand old men of the sea, such as Zane Grey, Ernest Hemmingway, and Philip Wylie. New edition features expanded saltwater flyfishing info. B/w illus; 7x10 inches, 470 pgs.
'This is the remarkable story of the men, past and present, who discovered the fishing grounds and developed, through trial and error, the increasingly sophisticated techniques of catching and landing the big ones. This is a completely revised, expanded, and updated 25th anniversary edition.
Reiger begins with the early pioneers of the sport: Henry William Herbert and "Tuna" George Farnsworth, and proceeds to colorful portraits of some of the grand old men of the sea, such as Charles Frederick Holder, Zane Grey, Ernest Hemingway, and Philip Wylie.
This new edition also features expanded saltwater flyfishing information in the chapter dealing with Lefty Kreh. And Reiger includes a new chapter on Walter Fondren's founding of the Coastal Conservation Association, the most influential and powerful sportfishing organization/lobby in the United States.
ABOUT THE AUTHOR
Saltwater Angling Editor for Field & Stream, George Reiger has fished all over the world in search of the best angling. He has also worked as the Washington editor for magazines of the National Wildlife Federation.
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