Surprisingly, A History of Baitcasting in America is the first comprehensive History ever written about this truly original American angling method.
It tells the story of a major component of sport fishing, beginning in the days of King James I, when British methods of still-fishing and fly-fishing migrated to the American colonies.
The story travels through the frontier days in the Blue Grass Region of Kentucky, where a new kind of fishing reel, handmade by gunsmiths, watchmakers and silversm.
Surprisingly, A History of Baitcasting in America is the first comprehensive History ever written about this truly original American angling method