OLD Fishing Books in PDF Format . . .
"The Giant Fish of Florida" . . . https://ia800202.us.archive.org/25/items/cu31924003713827/cu31924003713827.pdf (https://ia800202.us.archive.org/25/items/cu31924003713827/cu31924003713827.pdf)
"The Call of the Surf" . . . https://ia800202.us.archive.org/24/items/cu31924003436106/cu31924003436106.pdf (https://ia800202.us.archive.org/24/items/cu31924003436106/cu31924003436106.pdf)
"The Compleat Angler" . . . https://ia802704.us.archive.org/34/items/waltonangler00waltrich/waltonangler00waltrich.pdf (https://ia802704.us.archive.org/34/items/waltonangler00waltrich/waltonangler00waltrich.pdf)
MANY more titles available here . . . https://openlibrary.org/search?q=fish&mode=everything (https://openlibrary.org/search?q=fish&mode=everything)
NOTE : NOT ALL of them are available for Download ( Use search words like Fish, Fishes, Fishing, Angler, Angling, Surf, etc, etc, etc )
ENJOY !
Dave F.
Thanks!!! - john
Nice--thanks.
Frank
Winter is almost upon us . . . Time to think about some reading material to go along with some nice hot soup or chili !
SEE LINKS AT START OF THREAD !
Tight Lines !
Dave F.
Thank you for reminding me of this thread.
Reading "the call of the surf" now.
These are still available at the links . . . !
Tight lines !
Quote from: JasonGotaProblem on November 30, 2023, 02:36:50 PMThank you for reminding me of this thread.
Reading "the call of the surf" now.
Now
actually reading it and about half way through. It's a great read. And its remarkable how earnestly the author seems to believe that the oceans are a truly inexhaustible supply of fish. 105 years later, we're not so sure.
I finished the call of the surf. Really entertaining read. And frankly it's probably the first book I've read cover to cover on my own volition in 5+ years (not counting the books I read to my children as I put them to bed).
It's an interesting perspective. Fishing for big fish back when a split bamboo rod was a recent modern improvement over the hardwood rods of the era, a "drag" was a piece of leather that goes between thumb and spool, 200' was a very fast cast, and anti-reverse wasnt even conceived of yet.
Makes a fella wanna hit the beach.