The authors are Robert Douglas and Larry Lauve. In May 1995, Larry Lauve and Robert Douglas joined Oscar Kovalovsky at his home in Kernville, California, for a series of conversations about his life, working with his father, Arthur Kovalovsky, and the reels Oscar designed and built for big-game fishing. The book includes Oscar’s background and history, his relationship to his famed reel-making father and legendary anglers ranging from Harry Adams to Zane Grey, his opinion of other California reel makers like J.A. Coxe, Arthur Stead, and Carl Klein, and his own theories on reel making, drag mechanisms, and saltwater and fly reel design. 9” x 6” Softcover • 120 Pages • 100 Full Color & B&W Images • Fully Indexed

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