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Emmett J. Babler, [Published date: 2017]. Softcover, 204 pages; black and white illustrations; 23 cm. First printing stated.
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In very good condition. Glossy black and white pictorial paper covers have light bumping to edges and light overall scuffing. Binding tight. Pages clean and unmarked. A single-volume history of baitcasting in America, documenting its development from the mid-1500s to the early twenty-first century. Includes a foreword by Stan Fagerstrom and detailed chapters on Kentucky reel makers, industrialization, baitcasting tackle, lures, rods, boats, motors, and changes in angling methods. Illustrated throughout with historical photographs and drawings sourced from the Library of Congress, the University of Texas at San Antonio Libraries, and vintage reel catalogues. Contents: Foreword; Preface; Acknowledgements; Angling Migrates from the British Isles; Kentucky, Where Black Bass Fishing Became an Art; The Kentucky Baitcasting Reel; Industrialization in America; Mid-Nineteenth-Century Baitcasting Tackle; Transition to Baitcasting as a Sport; A Code of American Sport Angling; Evolution of the Short Baitcasting Rod; Noteworthy Baitcasting Lures; The Last Kentucky Reel Maker; Technology Improves the Baitcasting System; The Battle Against Backlash; Angling Boats and Motors; Expanding the Possibilities; Works Cited; A Tribute to Stanley Fagerstrom; Index.