Fishing with Rod Discussion Forum
Fishing in British Columbia => General Discussion => Topic started by: awurban@msn.com on November 30, 2010, 10:59:49 PM
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Hey, I was just wondering if any of you have read any of Roderick haig-brown's books? I haven't yet and I dont really know where to start or which ones are good. Any advice?
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fishermans summer & fishermans fall are 2 of his best.
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The Whale People is a good read as well.
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I think his best was "Measure of the Year", followed by "A River Never Sleeps" but hell, he didn't write any bad ones.
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Just start by going to your local library as they have most of them. I have not read a bad one yet.
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My 15 yr old just handed me "A River Never Sleeps". He ripped through in about 2 weeks and said it was very good. His grand dad gave it to him. I think it is considered one of Haig-Brown's top books.
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Thanks for the advice guys, I am going to check a couple of them out for sure :) I am just reading another book on fishing and after I read some haig-brown I want to find some books relating to fly fishing for steelhead
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Its not a Haig- Brown book, but 'The River Why' by David Duncan is a great read. Some great parts about Fly vs Bait (gear) fishing....
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Its not a Haig- Brown book, but 'The River Why' by David Duncan is a great read. Some great parts about Fly vs Bait (gear) fishing....
I agree lovethewater. Probably the best fishing book I have read.
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To learn a bit about what grantswish means, try reading E. Bennett Metcalfe's "The Life of Roderick Langmere Haig-Brown, A Man of Some Importance". Shows a little known side of the man; not all good.
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A tremendous reminder. I always enjoyed his books. I grew up in the territory about which he wrote and so it all had special meaning. I think I still have the last one I read, Bright Waters Bright Fish, tucked away somewhere. Time to look and maybe read it again.
I was a teenager in the area when he was a judge and it was certainly considered bad luck to appear before him.
I recall reading in one of his books about his early years in BC when he worked in a logging camp near the Nimpkish River. He talked about throwing copper spoons to huge schools of giant Springs as they came up the river. Oh to see that again.
I think it was that same book in which he wrote about a smaller stream near the Nimpkish in which the coho were bigger, brighter and better biters. He never identified the stream and I have wondered whether it was the Kokish, the Cluxewe or an even smaller stream.
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Bright Waters, Bright Fish is one book my dad gave me. I treasure that book very much. and another vote for Fisherman's Fall - first book I ever borrowed from the library.