FISHERMAN'S WINTER. By Roderick Haig-Brown.

Haig-Brown (Roderick Langmere). (1908-1976).

ISBN 10: 0517523701 / ISBN 13: 9780517523704

Published by Crown Publishers. New York. 1975, 1975

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ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Hardcover, 1975). (1954) 1975 2nd edition. 8vo (140 x 207mm). Pp288. B/w illustrations by Louis Darling. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt. Gift inscription to front end-papers else very good in slightly used dust-wrapper. Not about winter fishing, but the story of the year that Haig-Brown escaped the cold of the Pacific North-West to find a second summer in the Southern Hemisphere, fishing for the great trout of the Chilean and Argentinean Andes. Chapters include: Flight; The capital; The Lake of Big Rainbows; The Laja River - anglers on horseback; Some incidental things; The start of the south; The Tolten; The white water of Liucura and Trancura; Journey to Los Lagos; Big River; Lago Maihue and the Calcurrupe; Abortive expedition; Big fish story; A restful place; The Beach of the Deer; Journey to Argentina; The Manso Chain; Traful, Meliquina and the Sebagos; Rivers of the Pampas; Journey by Lanin; The Last river. Appendices include: Tackle and other details; the trou and salmon of South America; Some birds of Southern Chile and Argentina; Some trees and plants of Southern Chile. This is the second book in Haig-Brown's 'Seasons' series - Fisherman's Fall, Fisherman's Winter, Fisherman's Spring, and, Fisherman's Summer. .

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Bibliographic Details

• Title: FISHERMAN'S WINTER. By Roderick Haig-Brown.
• Publisher: Crown Publishers. New York. 1975
• Publication Date: 1975
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 0517523701
• ISBN 13: 9780517523704
• Binding: Hardcover

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Synopsis

Originally published in 1954, Fisherman’s Winter is Roderick Haig-Brown’s final installment in his well-known “seasons” cycle. With a unique blend of experience and observation, Haig-Brown brings readers through the exotic.

About the Author

Roderick L. Haig-BrownK (1908 1976) was a conservationist and well-known Canadian writer. He was born in England and found his way to British Columbia as a youth. He spent much of his life fishing rivers around the world and writing about his experiences, and in 1953 he received an honorary Doctor of Laws (LLD) from the University of British Columbia. He is also the author of Fisherman’s Spring, Fisherman’s Summer, and Fisherman’s Fall. He is now deceased.