BILLFISH ON A FLY. By Jack Samson.

1995 1st edition. Large 4to (222 x 286mm). Pp80. Colour photographs throughout. Black boards, spine and upper board titled in silver.

Jack Samson gives us a view of his adventures around the world, with advice on techniques and methods included in accounts of his own exciting experiences. Chapters include: Best places for billfish on a fly; Mazatlan sailfish; Billfish of Panama; New 'lifting flyrods' for sailfish and marlin; Large sailfish of Costa Rica; Terminal tackle for big fish; Atlantic blue marlin; Flies for billfish; Fly rod-size black marlin; Teasing and hooking billfish; Venezuela's white marlin; Striped marlin at Baja's East Cape; Reels for billfish; The elusive Pacific blue marlin; Catch and release versus records (IGFA insist fish are killed).