GIANT SALMON. US edition of THE DOMESDAY BOOK OF GIANT SALMON. A RECORD OF THE LARGEST ATLANTIC SALMON EVER CAUGHT. By Fred Buller.
Language: English
Published by Firefly Books. New York. 2008, 2008
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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (New, Hardcover, 2008). 2008 1st US edition. Large 4to. Pp488. Colour & sepia photographs throughout, silk marker. Laminated boards. Fine unread 1st US edition in dust-wrapper. This is the first American edition of Fred Buller's Domesday Book of Giant Salmon. Thirty years on from The Domesday Book of Mammoth Pike, Fred Buller produced the ultimate book of huge salmon. He gives accounts of 170 fly-caught fish of over 50lb, and of 152 fish weighing over sixty pounds whether caught by fly, bait, net or poaching. "This book was wonderful. It is a throwback to the golden age of British publishing. It is well written, beautifully illustrated and a joy to own. The stories of legendary catches are warm, insightful and written in a way that reminds me of Evelyn Waugh. Odd I know, but the text is, more often than not, literature." From a review in The Economist. .
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- Title
- GIANT SALMON. US edition of THE DOMESDAY BOOK OF GIANT SALMON. A RECORD OF THE LARGEST ATLANTIC SALMON EVER CAUGHT. By Fred Buller.
- Author
- Buller (Frederick Henry Ernest). (1926-2016). Fred Buller.
- Publisher
- Firefly Books. New York. 2008
- Publication year
- 2008
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Language
- English
- ISBN 10
- 155407438X
- ISBN 13
- 9781554074389
- Edition
- 1st Edition
The true fish tales of record Atlantic salmon fly catches around the world.
Fred Buller has spent four decades pursuing stories of Atlantic salmon weighing 50 pounds and more -sometimes a great deal more. This handsome book records every salmon weighing that much, so far as Buller has been able to discover, that has ever been caught on a fly. These true, and truly impressive, fish tales are about all sorts of fishers throwing their lines in Scotland, Ireland, Norway, Sweden, Finland and Canada.
Each catch is numbered and told as a separate story using interviews, correspondence, published accounts, archival photographs and other reliable sources. Maps show the catch locations, and tables present the statistics clearly. Wherever possible, Buller has photographed the site where the battle between fish and angler occurred. In some cases, he has commissioned replicas of the successful fly. Often he has been able to include a photograph of the victor, or the cased fish, or both.
In addition to "Salmon Over 50 Pounds Caught on the Fly" and "Salmon Between 50 and 60 Pounds, Method Uncertain," Buller has compiled a section on "Salmon Over 60 pounds Caught by Any Method" -- an astonishing 152 stories of enormous fish caught by fly, bait, net or poaching. And notto exclude those who try, Buller also includes "Tales of Lost Fish."
Giant Salmon is a piscatorial scholarship unlikely to be rivaled. It is an affectionate testament to a world that is fast disappearing -- of great catches and huge fish.
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About the Author
Fred Buller is the author or co-author of numerous books on angling, including Pike, The Domesday Book of Mammoth Pike and Dame Juliana: The Angling Treatyse and Its Mysteries. He has fished salmon for more than 50 years. He lives in England.
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