Fisherman's Spring by Haig-Brown, Roderick - 1951

Totem. Used - Good.

Douglas & McIntyre. Used - Good.

New York. William Morrow & Company. 1951. First Edition. Octavo (8 x 6). 222 pp. Illustrated by Louis Darling. In the first book in the seasons series, Haig-Brown ranges far and wide over the fly fisherman's spring, with chapters on the art of fishing, the unexpected fish, the fish by the cedar stump, the secret life, Charles Cotton, etc. Harold Ober Associates (Haig-Brown’s literary agent) reported 3,616 copies sold, with the book going out of print in 1966. The book is bound in green cloth with black titles. Pictorial dust jacket. A nice book. Very good in a very good dust jacket with light edge wear. . First Edition..

William Morrow & Company, 1951. First edition. Hard cover. Very Good/Good. The dustjacket has some short tears, chipping, and edgewear. Scarce in First Printing. A "fisherman's spring must start, I think, with the opening of [the] trout season," writes Roderick Haig-Brown, and so begins this lively, informed book that ranges from the intricate mechanics of fly fishing to a broad statement of the author's philosophy of life. "...As much a book about the practical aspects of fly fishing, with learned advice from a master about everything from fly selection to wading techniques, as it is about the deep rewards an angler can find through his sport". Chapters include: The art of fishing; Spring defined; Figures and definitions; Fry imitations; Early cutthroat lakes; The maculate purist; The unexpected fish; Recognising birds; Putting fish back; Local knowledge; The fish by the cedar stump; Fly types; The forecast; The new rod; Fly lines; A boy and a fish pole; Northward… Read More

Collins. Used - Acceptable. 1st Canadian Edition. In Fair, mylar-wrapped dust jacket.