The Tuna Club
The Tuna Club of Catalina Island was established in 1898 to promote fishing as a gentleman's sport through conservancy. Notice the word gentlemen as no women are members. The Tuna Club established the standards which are used in Anglers Club throughout the world today. The Tuna Club has a display of rods and reels as well as hooks and lures used over the years of the Club's history. Just a couple of notables who hold fishing records at the Club are author Zane Grey, and Winston Churchill.
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The Tuna Club building was also the setting for the 1966 movie "The Glass Bottom Boat" which starred Doris Day, Rod Taylor and Arthur Godfrey. Now that is some reminiscing of bygone names and people. Catalina once was considered the playground of the rich and famous due to the prominence of the visitors of the Wrigleys and the Hollywood scene on the island.
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Hello, Donna...I am Bob Rhein with the Catalina Island Conservancy. I hope you can spend a a couple of days on the Island June 3 and 4 (transportation and hotel room comped) for the third annual Flying Fish Festival and Taste of Avalon.
http://www.catalinachamber.com/mediafilming/whats-new/fff2010
Please get in touch with me at (714) 785-6636.
Thank you.
Bob
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