In this collection of essays, veteran fisherman Dennis Reid's beautifully crafted prose and thoughtful approach offer readers an informed and absorbing introduction to some of British Columbia and Alberta 's choicest sports-fishing destinations.
From the Rockies to Barkley Sound, from the Columbia River gorge to the Queen Charlotte Islands, the places Reid visits and writes about are known and loved by globe-trotting fishers from all over the world. There are tales of the "ghosts of summer," summer steelhead that are spotted first by their shadows, of winter steelhead on the swung end of a spey cast, of motor-mooching among the boats gathered at northern saltwater rock walls, of the tug-of-war with galloping halibut.
Conveying practical information in a lyrical style, Reid offers observations and commentary that will appeal to fans of such authors as Roderick Haig-Brown, Trey Combs, James Babb and Nick Lyons. Contact information for the fishing lodges featured in the essays is included in an appendix, for those who wish to plan trips to these locations.
Authors
- Control Number Identifier
- CaOOCEL
- Dewey Decimal Classification Number
- 799.1/09711
- General Note
- Issued as part of the desLibris books collection
- Geographic Area Code
- n-cn-bc
- ISBN
- 1894898281 9781459331396
- LCCN
- SH571
- LCCN Item number
- R44 2005eb
- Modifying agency
- CaBNVSL
- Original cataloging agency
- CaOONL
- Physical Description | Extent
- 1 electronic text (vii, 184 p.)
- Published in
- Canada
- Publisher or Distributor Number
- CaOOCEL
- Rights
- Access restricted to authorized users and institutions
- System Control Number
- (CaBNVSL)thg00601805 (OCoLC)431538877 (CaOOCEL)419927
- System Details Note
- Mode of access: World Wide Web
- Transcribing agency
- CaOONL
Table of Contents
- Contents 3
- Acknowledgments 4
- Introduction 5
- Why I Fish and Do Not Hunt 9
- Back to Being a Kid in 19
- How Pat Quinn Lost 25
- The Great One 25
- Leaving My Life Behind 31
- Animals that Go Bump 37
- A Steelhead Swims 42
- Through It 42
- Me and Bobby McGee 48
- Rainbows Land in Columbia Country 55
- Seasons of the Somass 62
- Proving the Somass Sockeye 72
- Where Fish and Cars Collide 79
- To Understand or Not to 92
- Understand is Not the Question 92
- Taking the Slow Way Home 96
- How a Skunk Becomes a Fish 102
- Is There a Benign 109
- Mythology of Colour That 109
- Accounts for All This Ice 109
- Rainy Bay Winter Chinook 117
- Swiftsure Elephants 124
- The Long and Winding 131
- Way to Tofino 131
- Fishing for Dreams 142
- As Far As You Can Go 149
- Coming Home to Langara 156
- What Has Always Been and 167
- Proving That It Is 167
- Appendix Lodges 192
- 1-800-663-7090 192
- 1-800-668-3474 192
- 1-250-726-7515 192
- 1-800-293-0468 192
- 1-800-663-7090 192
- 1-250-647-5468 192
- 1-888-493-8933 192
- 1-800-665-8922 192
- 1-800-810-8933 192
- 1-800-596-2226 192
