Great American Fishing Stories

Softcover, 233 pages. Classic writing remains "classic" only insofar as people want to read it. Angling historians may study the evolution of tackle or tying techniques, or perhaps the methods of fishing used hundreds of years ago, but the wonderful stories about fishing are read and reread only because they give pleasure today; because they give us insights into why we fish and the nature of our passion; and because they are well written. This book offers sixteen of the best classic fishing stories that have stood the inescapable test of time. Chapters include: Just for Openers by Tom Hennessey, The Fighting Qualities of Largemouth Black Bass by James A. Henshall, Hemingway's Many-Hearted Fox River by Nick Lyons, Mid-Stream Crisis by Lamar Underwood, The 'lunge by Stewart Edward White, The Royal Purple Game of the Sea by Zane Grey, Little Rivers: Essay in Profitable Idleness by Henry van Dyke Jr., The Black Bass: The Gamefish of the People by James A. Henshall, Just Fishing by Tor