HISTORY OF THE SPORT OF CASTING: GOLDEN YEARS.

1983 1st edition. Ppxii,388. B/w photographs and illustrations, bibliography.

This is a detailed history of casting tournaments in the USA, with much of the material being excerpts from a variety of magazines and publications. This includes a great many lists of competition results. Lotsof contemporary illustrations and thousands of competitors' names. Chapters include; Part 1, Chicago, New York and Kalamazoo; Part 2, tournament programs and tackle ads; Part 3, NASC tackle makers; Part 4, NASC casters and the Izaak Walton League of America; Part 5,fishermen's events, Fish-O and Skish; Part 6, NASC tournamets, champions, officers, scores and records. Contributors include; Tony Accetta, Fred Arbogast, Al Foss, Bill Jamison, Goodwin Granger, Bill Phillipson, Benjamin Flegel, Louis S. Darling, Gus Meisselbach, Call J. McCarthy, Jack Welsh, William Stanley, Walter Willman, J.M. Clark, E.E. Wilkinson, Frank Steel, E.R. Letterman, Ivar Hennings, Joe E. Pflueger, Will H. Dilg, Fred N. Peet, Dr. James A. Henshall, Thomas Ambrose, Frederick J. Lane, Frank S. Leach, Leonard Hopkins, Charles C. Lucke, and many others. This is Cliff Netherton's companion volume to History of the Sport of Casting: People, Events, Records, Tackle and Literature. Early Times. (our stock no. 28352).