One cannot simply reduce- as I've heard some do- that early big game fishing was the sole province of the egotistical rich. The notables above-Michael and Helen Lerner, Ernest Hemingway, Zane Grey, Captain Tommy Gifford, and Kip Farrington not only brought the global exploration of big game angling destinations into the living rooms of anglers everywhere, but they put the unique stamp of their individual personalities on their angling achievements. All of these people had an astonishly powerful and unique charisma that was built on a core strength- Lerner's power and bravery, "Giff's" guiding creativity, Farrington's finesse, Grey's world-hopping travels and writings, and Ernest's purity of passionate living. Though these giants have passed into history, their memory lives on, and fuses with the spirit of true anglers everywhere. For so many of these magnificent people, fishing was everything-something only real anglers understand-breathe it, eat it, sleep it, live it!
Jan
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