A RIVER NEVER SLEEPS. By Roderick Haig-Brown. Lyons Press reprint.

(1946) rep of 1994 edition. 8vo (145 x 217mm). Ppviii,352. B/w illustrations by Louis Darling, new introduction by Steve Raymond. Maroon boards, gilt titles to spine.

Spanning the author's fishing life from his childhood on the English chalkstreams to the steelhead rivers of British Columbia, including the Campbell River. 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.