This collection of angling chronicles includes more than 20 of the author's favorite fishing stories, many of them previously published as feature articles in Texas Saltwater Fishing Magazine, some never published before. In this collection, the author provides context to explain why each piece ranks among his favorites, why they're so meaningful to him. The stories focus on the art of angling, specifically the sport of fishing for trophy speckled trout in Texas with artificial lures, but they aren't merely narratives about the captain's successes and failures on the water. Some of these tales use comparisons of fishing to other sports to make points about the sporting spirit in general, others provide fictitious accounts of events related to fishing and still others reveal the author's beliefs about life, seen through the prism of fishing. All these narratives and ruminations celebrate the beauty of fishing and reveal the author's sentiments about coastal resources and the art of coastal fishing. Intensely personal, yet universally meaningful, these accounts, comments, anecdotes and fantasies attempt to generate and refine a complete perspective on angling, also to elaborate on the archetype of an elite saltwater angler.