Ultimate Fishing Book, Art, Essays, Trout, Bass, HC,DJ 

Title: The Ultimate Fishing Book

Author: Edited by Lee Eisenberg & DeCourcy Taylor, Featuring ? A Fisherman?s Seasons? by Geoffrey Norman

Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Co.

Copyright: 1981, 1st Edition

Description: Large hard cover book with dust jacket, measures about 10.25 by 13.25 inches, 255 pages, numerous illustrations. The cover is embossed with silver fish and lettering, endpapers are pictorial

From the dust jacket: ?It has been said many times and it?s true: some of the best fishing is to be found not in water but in print. It is no less true that some of the best fishing may also be found in the abundant art the sport has inspired, from the vivid paintings of Winslow Homer to the evocative images that today hang in sporting galleries and appear in angling publications. By combining great writing and superb fishing art, The Ultimate Fishing Book is thus one of the most pleasurable and exciting angling expeditions ever published.

The Ultimate Fishing Book brings together nine con­tributors whose passion for their sport is equaled only by their passion for words. In essays commissioned especially for this book: Ernest Schwiebert reflects on the challenges of early-season trout fishing, from the fabled streams of the Fast to the swift, roaring rivers of the West. John Graves offers a tale of a near-tragedy during a sand bass run on the Brazos River. Robert F. Jones recalls the heart-thumping aftermath of hooking his first muskie. Vance Bourjaily describes his attempts to create his very own angler?s paradise, a farm pond that he started from scratch. Ted Williams pays tribute to the majesty of the Atlantic salmon, as well as to the efforts being made to keep the mighty species alive on this planet. Bill Barich takes the reader to his favorite steelhead river, the Russian in California, and intro­duces one of the most colorful fishing characters who ever cast a line. Geoffrey Norman reminisces about his earliest and fondest fishing memories, golden after­noons when he learned important lessons from his father. Charles F. Waterman guides the freshwater an­gler to offshore locales, where light tackle and strong, streaking fish make for unforgettable competition. Christopher Lehmann-Haupt ruminates about getting through the off-season, those months when a fisher­man?s heart and mind create action that all too rarely takes place on real streams and lakes.

Complementing these essays is a unique and major addition to the literature of angling, ?A Fisherman?s Seasons,? by Geoffrey Norman. This work, also com­missioned especially for The Ultimate Fishing Book, traces the life and times of every avid fisherman, from his first wondrous catch to his last enduring memories of this, his cherished pastime.

Finally, The Ultimate Fishing Book offers one of the richest collections of fishing art ever assembled, includ­ing many rare and never-before-published paintings and drawings.

Table of Contents:

• Acknowledgments
• Introduction
• Spring: A Fisherman?s Seasons by Goeffrey Norman
• Opening Days: A Trout Fisherman?s Life in Springtime by Ernest Schwiebert
• Fishing the Run: Close Call on the Brazos by John Graves
• Summer
• The European Connection
• Finders, Weepers: Welcome to Muskie Country by Robert F. Jones
• Private Waters: Rolling Your Own Farm Pond by Vance Bourjaily
• Fall
• Natural Limits: The Once and Future Atlantic Salmon by Ted Williams
• Catching On: Deeds Among the Steelhead by Bill Barich
• Winter
• Remembered Lessons: Down Home Bass by Geoffrey Norman
• Saltier Tales: Along the Shoreline, Lightly Armed by Charles F. Watermann
• Night Schemes: Getting Through Winter by Christopher Lehmann-Haupt
• Picture Credits