Zane Grey, known and loved primarily for his Western novels, was a devoted fisherman. When his composing started paying off, he were able to spend as much as three hundred days a year enjoying the sport. And while he is kept in mind for his record-breaking catches, like the 464-pound marlin caught off the coast of Tahiti, Zane Grey also liked freshwater angling for bass, trout, steelhead, and salmon.

In Tales of Freshwater Fishing, Gray recounts his expeditions over the Delaware River, off the Western Coast of america, and in English Columbia.