TYEE: THE STORY OF THE TYEE CLUB OF BRITISH COLUMBIA.

1988 1st edition. Large 4to. Ppx,208. Colour and b/w photographs, bibliography. Dust-wrapper bill-matter by Valerie Haig-Brown.

"The Tyee Club of British Columbia is unique among sporting organisations of the world and this volume tells its story from before its official beginning in 1925 to the present. ...From early reports published in England by British sporting gentlemen, the reputation of the big fish of Campbell River grew and spread around the world." Chapters include; royalty in fishing; a style of fishing; a banner fish; reputation building; the Catalina connection (and Zane Grey); beginnings of tradition; camps and lodges; strokes for tyee folks; tackle - choices and testing; spoons and plugs; awards; records - won and lost; guides; today and tomorrow; midsummer's dream; tyee club records; Campbell river chinook stock data. * The tissue guard is to protect the embossed stamp of the emblem of the Tyee Club of British Columbia which is to be found in the front free end-paper.