The Seasons of a Fisherman

Roderick L. Haig-Brown was born in England but lived all his adult life on Vancouver Island, along the banks of the Campbell River Haig-Brown died in 1976.

General Introduction to Roderick Haig-Brown's Seasons Series

xi

FISHERMAN'S SPRING

Introduction to Fisherman's Spring

3

(4)

The Art of Fishing

7

(2)

Spring Defined

9

(3)

Figures and Definitions

12

(3)

Fry Imitations

15

(5)

Early Cutthroat Lakes

20

(4)

The Maculate Purist

24

(2)

The Unexpected Fish

26

(5)

Recognizing Birds

31

(3)

Putting Fish Back

34

(4)

Local Knowledge

38

(3)

The Fish by the Cedar Stump

41

(3)

Fly Types

44

(6)

The Forecast

50

(4)

The New Rod

54

(3)

Fly Lines

57

(3)

A Boy and a Fish Pole

60

(5)

Northwards Geese

65

(2)

Stonefly Imitations

67

(4)

The Secret Life

71

(2)

Boats and Fast Water

73

(4)

On Wading

77

(5)

Fishing and the Common Man

82

(2)

When Is a Rainbow . . .

84

(5)

Leave the Guns at Home

89

(3)

On Casting

92

(3)

Charles Cotton

95

(2)

Fishermen and Forestry

97

(2)

Family Sortie

99

(4)

Essential Simplicity

103

(2)

Don't You Ever Get Tired?

105

(2)

Garden Party Day

107

(4)

Fishing and Milkmaids

111

(2)

The Depth of the Wood

113

(6)

FISHERMAN'S SUMMER

Introduction to Fisherman's Summer

119

(3)

The Scene

Summer Defined

122

(2)

Fisherman's Summer

124

(3)

How It Once Was

The Explorers

127

(6)

The Indian and Me

133

(7)

The Home River

Defined

140

(4)

The Beginnings of Change

144

(2)

The Search

146

(4)

The Day Everything Happened

150

(4)

Speed and Stamina

154

(5)

The Dry Fly and Very Fast Water

159

(7)

The Canyon Again

166

(5)

Poisson Bleu---The Flower of Fishes

Standard-Bearer---Arctic

171

(4)

Standard-Bearer---by the Roadside

175

(5)

Standard-Bearer---Sub-Arctic

180

(6)

Signs of the Times

The Lawbreaker

186

(3)

Fish Derbies

189

(6)

Less Time Between Bites

195

(4)

The Great Destroyers

199

(5)

Access

204

(4)

Salt Water

The Cruise

208

(5)

The Beaches

213

(4)

Stream Survival

217

(4)

Return to the River

Nimpkish River

221

(5)

Tsable River

226

(4)

The Beaverkill

230

(4)

Blackhole

234

(5)

Conclusion

What Is Good?

239

(8)

FISHERMAN'S FALL

Introduction to Fisherman's Fall

247

(3)

The Scene

Fall Defined

250

(4)

Pacific Salmon

Origins

254

(4)

A Word for the Small Streams

258

(7)

New Horizons

265

(6)

Pacific Salmon in Salt Water

271

(5)

Pacific Salmon in Fresh Water

276

(5)

Big Fish and Fresh Water

281

(6)

The Ocean Years

287

(5)

The Energy of Salmon

292

(5)

The Death of the Salmon

297

(5)

Estuary Fishing

The Nature of Estuaries

302

(4)

Patterns and Problems

306

(6)

Solutions and Surmises

312

(5)

Behind the Salmon

317

(4)

Perfect Morning

321

(4)

Steelhead And Low Water

More Steelhead Mysteries

325

(4)

Steelhead and the Dry Fly---Further Notes

329

(3)

An Ideal Stream

332

(7)

More Fast-Water Rises

339

(6)

Aquarium Notes

Acquisition

345

(4)

Observations

349

(6)

Conclusions

Thoughts while Fishing

355

(6)

Thoughts under Water

361

(4)

The Freedom of the River

365

(5)

Return of the Salmon

370

(7)

Underwater Learning

377

(6)

At Winter's Edge

383

(5)

Ethics Again

388

(7)

FISHERMAN'S WINTER

Introduction to Fisherman's Winter

395

(3)

Flight

398

(3)

The Capital

401

(5)

The Lake of Big Rainbows

406

(7)

The Laja River---Anglers on Horseback

413

(7)

Some Incidental Things

420

(6)

The Start of the South

426

(6)

The Tolten

432

(7)

The White Water of Liucura and Trancura

439

(8)

Journey to Enco

447

(5)

Farm, Forest and River

452

(6)

Journey to Los Lagos

458

(4)

Big River

462

(7)

Lago Maihue and the Calcurrupe

469

(6)

Abortive Expedition

475

(6)

Big Fish Story

481

(7)

A Restful Place

488

(5)

The Beach of the Deer

493

(8)

Journey to Argentina

501

(3)

The Manso Chain

504

(5)

Traful, Meliquina and the Sebagos

509

(7)

Rivers of the Pampas

516

(6)

Journey by Lanin

522

(6)

The Last River

528

(9)

APPENDIXES

I. Tackle and Other Details

537

(4)

II. The Trout and Salmon of South America

541

(5)

III. Some Birds of Southern Chile and Argentina

546

(3)

IV. Some Trees and Plants of Southern Chile

549

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