The Tarpon: A Description of the Fish With Some Hints on Its Capture (Classic Reprint) - Softcover

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Very little has been written on the scientific side. The anglers who have caught hundreds Of tarpon rarely venture into print although there are notable exceptions, like Endicott and Heilner. Usually the enthusiastic angler catches a few fish and hastens to give the world the benefit Of his experience. These articles serve to amuse even if they do not instruct the veteran angler.

The fugitive literature relating to the tarpon is extensive; but no American book dealing exclusively with this fish has been produced since Dimock wrote his classic over twenty years ago. That book, although charmingly written, pictures tarpon angling as a great adventure filled with hair-breadth escapes and perils. Its chapters were written for the maga zines and it is now Obsolete as a guide for the angler.

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