SPORT AND LIFE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.

SPORT AND LIFE IN BRITISH COLUMBIA.

THE ESSENTIAL FLY TIER. By J. Edson Leonard.

THE ESSENTIAL FLY TIER. By J. Edson Leonard.

A RIVER NEVER SLEEPS. By Roderick Haig-Brown. 1948 First UK edition.

(1946) 1948 1st UK edition. 8vo (139 x 205mm). Pp320. B/w vignettes by Stephen Russ. Brick-red cloth, spine titled in gilt.

Spanning the author's fishing life from his childhood on the English chalkstreams to the steelhead rivers of British Columbia. One of the great classics of angling literature and a marvellous read. Chapters include: About steelhead; A fish for Firmin; About pike; 'Where to fish'; House hunting; Picking favourites; H.M. Greenhill; Little lakes; Sea-run cutthroats; The big salmon water; Lewington's carrier; Pacific salmon; Buttle Lake; Dark on the water; Salt water I; Salt water II; Sachem River: Why fish?: First fall freshet; Top, bottom and middle; The riddle of the Oxhorn; Before I die; Fishing books; To know a river.
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Book Code
28499
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Author Haig-Brown (Roderick Langmere). (1908-1976).
Book Code 28499
ISBN B001AW3QJ4.
Book Description Cloth slightly used, hinges slightly tender, good reading copy. Lacks dust-wrapper.
Book Cover Hardcover
Published Date 1948
Publisher Collins.
Place London.