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Published by [New York] Winchester Press [1973] (1973)
ISBN 10: 0876911114 ISBN 13: 9780876911112
Hardcover. Book Condition: Very Good, owner name on front free end paper. Dust Jacket Condition: Good-, edge-chipped and tape-repaired.
First Edition of special world of big game fishing.
Samson was editor of "Field and Stream" magazine and a well-known big-game angler. Readable stories of fishing for saltwater gamefish from bluefin tuna to tarpon. "Jack Samson shares some of his experiences. real encounters with the great fish, from his wide-eyed amazement one summer long ago when his father hooked and boated a broadbill swordfish off Block Island, to his own battles over much of the world in years to follow. Line Down! brings alive all the excitement of this challenging sport, and joins the exclusive company of fishing books that succeed in communicating what is nearly incommunicable - the intensity of the search, the loneliness of the fight, the shared reward. Yet this is a book of facts as well. Each chapter is full of information on the big fish and how they are caught, and there is a detailed appendix on boats, equipment, and technique." Chapters include:- The broadbill swordfish; The black marlin; The sailfish; The blue marlin; The bluefin tuna; The dolphin; The special world; A green fish; The striped marlin; The barracuda; A boat is for fishing; The mako; The tarpon. Appendices include:- Equipment and technique; The IGFA rules. The foreword is by A.J. McClane.
