A Brief Autumn's Passage

by Mulak, Steven

• ISBN13: 9780892725984
• ISBN10: 0892725982
• Format: Hardcover
• Copyright: 2003-09-01
• Publisher: Down East Books

Summary

Perhaps the world's foremost salmon angler, the late Lee Wulff wrote of his adventures as airplane pilot and explorer in Bush Pilot Angler. This book tells the story of when Lee pioneered the fabulous salmon and brook trout fisheries on the remote Newfoundland coast. Bush Pilot Angler is a marvelous story of courage, love, flying, and fishing.

Table of Contents

Preface: Is There a Trick to It?	9	(4)
Chapter One: Well Below the Horizon
Day One: September's Song	13	(9)
Day Two: Just Potential	22	(10)
Day Five: That Lovely Autumn Serenade	32	(11)
Interlude: Wood Smoke	43	(3)
Day Six: West of the Greens	46	(13)
Chapter Two: The Little Dog Laughed to See Such a Sport Day
Eleven: Indian Summer	59	(14)
Day Thirteen: Just Around the Corner	73	(7)
Day Fourteen: A Hurrying Wind	80	(3)
Day Sixteen: October on the Ground	83	(18)
Chapter Three: Between the Fall and the Snow
Day Eighteen: Stay the Course	101	(8)
Day Twenty-Three: Calendar Pictures and the Evening Star	109	(13)
Day Twenty-Five: Spring Ahead, Fall Backward	122	(12)
Interlude: Russet Feathers	134	(5)
Day Twenty-Eight: All Saints' Day	139	(16)
Chapter Four: Pretzel Logic
Day Thirty-One: Showers Possible Throughout the Day	155	(13)
Interlude: Out of Action	168	(3)
Day Thirty-Two: Hunter's Moon	171	(7)
Interlude: Idle Sunday	178	(4)
Day Thirty-Five: Jack Fell Down and Broke His Crown	182	(9)
Chapter Five: Next Stop, Canaan
Day Thirty-Eight: Patterns	191	(13)
Day Forty-Two: The Next Level	204	(11)
Day Forty-Three: Bright November Days	215	(11)
Day Forty-Five: Dream at Evening	226	(9)
Chapter Six: Bleak in the Morning Early
Day Forty-Six: Thanksgiving	235	(9)
Day Fifty: ... And the Days Dwindle Down	244	(11)
Day Fifty-Three: Vibram Conditions	255	(8)
Day Fifty-Seven: Empty Days	263