ABOUT THE BOOK
Occasionally the course of history is altered by the convergence of conditions and events that indelibly and permanently change how it develops. During the convergence of these conditions, entrepreneurs seize the day to make their mark. Frank O'Brien and Tycoon Tackle came on the scene just as the most flourishing period of saltwater fishing was taking place and their unprecedented innovations were integral to the sport of big game angling as it entered it's "gilded age." The "Gilded Age of Big Game Angling" was made possible, in part, by the fishing rods and other products manufactured by O'Brien. Along the way, the company became a respected leader in industry, a respected corporate citizen, helped win two wars, and impacted people in a way that is still discussed seventy-five years later. This is the story of a successful company and its exemplary executive that is only possible in America, qualifying it to be considered an "American success story." It spans from the "age of innocence" to the present day. The men and women who made Tycoon Tackle changed a sport and many lives as well. This is their story.
ADVANCED PRAISE
"[Tim O'Brien] is a son who was cut from the same timber as his father, a son whose product will be of the same uncompromising caliber and, like his father's rods, the unequivocal authority in its field of endeavor, the best for all time."
-Ed Pritchard, Co-Author of Fin-Nor: the Legacy Years
"Tim O'Brien has written a compelling yarn about the perseverance and ingenuity of his father in building Tycoon Tackle."
-Mike Rivkin, Author of Angling and War
"Tim O'Brien's unwavering dedication to bring this opus of his father Frank O'Brien's numerous contributions to the sport of big game fishing to fruition has been a delight to witness."
-Michael Farrior, Author of The History of the Tuna Club,