That's How It Happened

This is simultaneously one of the most peculiar and engaging works of piscatorial scholarship. The author, Fred Buller, has collected the dates, weights, and documented stories of every known Atlantic salmon over 50lb caught on the fly, and all salmon over 60lbs caught with prawns, nets, or other means. Many of the stories are hilarious, involving all day tussles between giant fish and english aristocrats. Better still are the photos of the fish, some fresh, and some immortalised by taxidermists or plaster casters. I can't imagine anyone except a really dedicated salmon man wanting to own this book, but the sheer depth of engagment with the subject has to be admired. amazon link