Randy Wayne White`s Ultimate Tarpon Book – The Birth of Big Game Fishing White

Randy Wayne White's Ultimate Tarpon BookThe Birth of Big Game Fishing\nAuthor(s): Randy Wayne White, Carlene Fredericka Brennen\nFormat: Paperback\nPublisher: University Press of Florida, United States\nImprint: University Press of Florida\nISBN-13: 9780813044347, 978-0813044347\nSynopsis\nWhen William Halsey Wood landed the first big tarpon ever caught on rod and reel, news quickly spread. This 1885 event changed the face and fabric of sports fishing and helped make Southwest Florida a mecca for anglers from all parts of the world. Today, the silver king remains one of the most sought-after of all game fish.\n\nRandy Wayne White's Ultimate Tarpon Book offers everything you could ever want to know about the origins of big game fishing, told in the words of those who were there. Zane Grey and Theodore Roosevelt fished for tarpon, so did Ernest Hemingway, Thomas Edison, Frederic Remington, and many others. The stories and narratives they wrote based on their experiences--along with tho!