FISHERMAN'S SUMMER. By Roderick Haig-Brown.

Language: English

Published by Crown Publishers. New York. 1975, 1975

0517518961 / 9780517518960

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1975). (1959) 1975 2nd edition. 8vo (140 x 207mm). Pp253. B/w illustrations by Louis Darling. Fawn cloth, red metalic titles to spine. Various minor faults (slight lean and unobtrusive bumpe to spine, owner's name to fep, ink date to title-page verso) else clean. Good copy in slightly tanned and frayed dust-wrapper. This book "rounds out Roderick Haig-Brown's 'Seasons' cycle [Fisherman's Summer / Fall / Winter / Spring], focusing here on many of the rivers of Haig-Brown's native British Columbia - the Campbell, the Columbia, the Nimpkish - where salmon and cutthroat provide superb summer sport. He tells the stories of the Indians and pioneers who once fished these same rivers, and looks into the future with confidence that they will not be destroyed." Chapters include: The scene: Summer defined; Fisherman's summer. How it once was: The explorers; The Indian and me. The home river: Defined; The beginnings of change; The search; The day everything happened; Speed and stamina; The dry fly and very fast water; The canyon again. Poisson bleu, the flower of fishes: Standard bearer, Arctic; Standard bearer, by the roadside; Standard bearer, Subarctic. Signs of the times: The lawbreaker; Fish derbies; Less time between bites; The great destroyers; Access. Salt water: The cruise; The beaches; Stream survival. Return to the river: Nimpkish River; Tsable River; The Beaverkill; Blackhole. Conclusion: What is good? This is the last book in Haig-Brown's 'Seasons' series - Fisherman's Fall, Fisherman's Winter, Fisherman's Spring, and, Fisherman's Summer. .…

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Title
FISHERMAN'S SUMMER. By Roderick Haig-Brown.
Author
Haig-Brown (Roderick Langmere). (1908-1976).
Publisher
Crown Publishers. New York. 1975
Publication year
1975
Binding
Hardcover
Language
English
ISBN 10
0517518961
ISBN 13
9780517518960

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PAUL MORGAN IS A LEADING DEALER in scarce, out-of-print & new books on fishing and field sports. Paul has developed this business over more than forty years. His business, Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., carries the world's largest range of books on fishing and field sports, sporting guns and dogs, deer, big game hunting & falconry. Coch-y-Bonddu Books is also a noted publisher of fine sporting works, as well as being the custodian of the famous Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint. Under Paul's editorial direction, the list of titles available under both his Coch-y- Bonddu Books imprint and the Flyfisher's Classic Library imprint grows by the month. Coch-y-Bonddu Books Ltd., incorporated in the United Kingdom, Company No. 04636991. Registered address: 15 Heol Penrallt, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8AG. Business and correspondence Address: 13 Heol Pentrerhedyn, Machynlleth, Powys, SY20 8DG.…

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