This is a “bow tie” book, built out of a series of sheets glued onto an acordion-folded strip.  The marbled-paper covers were chosen to evoke kelp forests, and the sheets are decorated with hand-made rubber stamps, copy-toner transfers, and calligraphy.  Incorporating fishing line and a sinker into the structure was an interesting way to make the “fishing” connection.

This book form opens by unwrapping the sinker and fishing line from around the center of the bow tie, releasing the accordion fold center.  It is intended to be held up, and the sinker acts as a small weight to hold it open.  Open, many separate sheets present one view per side, for a total of two “pages” for decorating.

Thought it can be “read” many ways, the intended text is:

The fish that gets away is always larger than the one you keep.

Perhaps this accounts for the popularity of “catch & release.”