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Haig-Brown, Roderick Langmere, 1908-1976.
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Fishing -- British Columbia -- Vancouver Island -- Anecdotes.
Fishers -- British Columbia -- Vancouver Island -- Anecdotes.
Steelhead fishing -- British Columbia -- Vancouver Island -- Anecdotes.
Authors, Canadian -- 20th century -- Anecdotes.
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Haig-Brown, Roderick Langmere, 1908-1976.
Fishing -- British Columbia -- Vancouver Island -- Anecdotes.
Fishers -- British Columbia -- Vancouver Island -- Anecdotes.
Steelhead fishing -- British Columbia -- Vancouver Island -- Anecdotes.
Authors, Canadian -- 20th century -- Anecdotes.
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A river never sleeps / Roderick L. Haig-Brown ; afterword by Thomas McGuane ; introduction by Nick Lyons ; illustrations by Louis Darling.
by
Haig-Brown, Roderick Langmere, 1908-1976.
Skyhorse Pub., c2010.
Call #:
799.12 H149r
Subjects
Fishing
--
British
Columbia
--
Vancouver
Island
--
Anecdotes
.
Fishers
--
British
Columbia
--
Vancouver
Island
--
Anecdotes
.
Steelhead
fishing
--
British
Columbia
--
Vancouver
Island
--
Anecdotes
.
Authors, Canadian
--
20th century
--
Anecdotes
.
ISBN:
9781602399396 (hc.)
Edition:
2010 ed.
Description:
vi, 352 p., [10] leaves of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Summary:
Few books have captured the haunting world of music and rivers and of the sport they provide as well as A River Never Sleeps. Canadian writer and conservationist Roderick L. Haig-Brown writes of
fishing
not just as a sport, but also as an art. He knows moving water and the life within it - its subtlest mysteries and perpetual delights. He is a man who knows fish lore as few people ever will, and the legends and history of a great sport. Month by month, he takes you from river to river, down at last to the saltwater and the sea: in January, searching for the
steelhead
in the dark, cold water; in May,
fishing
for bright, sea-run cutthroats; and on to the chilly days of October and the majestic run of spawning salmon. All the great joy of angling is here: the thrill of
fishing
during a thunderstorm, the sight of a river in freshet or a river calm and hushed, the suspense of a skillful campaign to capture some half-glimpsed trout or salmon of extraordinary size, and the excitement of playing and landing a momentous fish. Roderick Haig-Brown published twenty-three books (five more were published posthumously) and wrote numerous articles and essays
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