River Never Sleeps (Modern Fishing Classics)

About this book

"One of the 20th centurys most gifted angling writers." The New York Times Few books have captured the haunting world of music and rivers and of the sport they provide as well as A River Never Sleeps. 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. A River Never Sleeps is one of the enduring classics of angling. It will provide a rich reading experience for all who love fishing or rivers. 24 B&W