Synopsis
The first book ever written about surfcasting The Call of the Surf is still a well loved classic. Much more than a descriptive book (although you will certainly be informed by the tips and hints given within, many of which are still as valuable now as they were when it was first published nearly 100 years ago) the writing will take you away and bring you on a real fishing adventure. For fans of surfcasting this book is also a beautiful reminder of the sport in its infancy and as such a historical gem it can be enjoyed on several levels.
As the author writes: The purpose of this book is threefold: to afford some small entertaimnent to brother fishermen on those long evenings when the north wind howls and winters sleet drives against the window pane; to attract the stranger to a sport in which the authors have found a vast measure of happiness, and to make somewhat smoother his trail to the Big-Sea Water.
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About the Author
Traveler, hunter, angler, yachtsman, naturalist, explorer, writer, and filmmaker. Van Campen Heilner was all of these, and a great contributor to the collective knowledge of game fish around the world. But most notably, Heilner was a devoted surf caster and a towering figure in the development of the sport. Born in Philadelphia, the only child and heir to a mining fortune, Heilner is said to have drifted from school to school, trying to assign a goal to a life that was both prepaid and guaranteed. During summers on the Jersey shore, Heilner found his direction; he fell in love with surf fishing. Early on, Heilner became something of a prodigy in outdoor writing. While still in his teens he had stories published in America's major sporting publications, including Field & Stream. At age 21, Heilner collaborated with friend and fellow angler Frank Stick to produce his first book, The Call of the Surf. Theirs was the first book ever published devoted exclusively to surf fishing. After his second book, Adventures in Angling, Heilner's reputation soared. Among many other associations, he was invited to become associate editor for Field & Stream, and to be a field representative in ichthyology for the American Museum of Natural History. Possibly his best known and most definitive work is Salt Water Fishing (1937). It became a best seller, possibly the first in angling history since Walton's The Compleat Angler.
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