Giddy fame secured by star from the silent era that one tries to land? (4,4)

'that one tries to land?' is the definition.
(fish which anglers try to catch or land)

'giddy fame secured by star from the silent era' is the wordplay.
'giddy' indicates anagramming the letters.
'secured by' means one lot of letters goes inside another (inserted letters are held or secured).
'star from the silent era' becomes 'gish' (actress Lillian Gish, 1893-1993).
'fame' anagrammed gives 'amef'.
'amef' put inside 'gish' is 'GAME FISH'.