Fishing the Miramichi
- Publisher
- Goose Lane Editions
- Initial publish date
- Apr 1996
- Category
- Fishing, General
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Paperback / softback
- ISBN
- 9780864921819
- Publish Date
- Apr 1996
- List Price
- $14.95
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Description
A native of Blackville, New Brunswick, Wayne Curtis started fishing the Miramichi River and its tributaries when he was eight years old. In Fishing the Miramichi, he shares over forty years of guiding and salmon-angling experience. But Curtis goes beyond regaling readers with yarns about his fabled river; Fishing the Miramichi richly proves his skill as a historian, a naturalist, a teacher, and a fine essayist. Although fishing is in his blood, Curtis is devoted to the preservation of the Atlantic salmon. His Miramichi culture grounded him in nature, and fishing with conservationists such as Ted Williams and Lee Wulff reinforced his convictions. Fishing the Miramichi sets stories, angling instructions and character sketches of outfitters and guides in a context of responsible sportsmanship.
About the author
Wayne Curtis is an award-winning author who has written twenty-one books and a screenplay for the CBC. His stories have appeared in The Globe and Mail, the National Post, Reader's Digest, The Antigonish Review, The Dalhousie Review, The Fiddlehead and the American magazines Fly-Fisherman and Sporting Classics.
Wayne Curtis received an Honorary Doctorate Degree (Letters) from St. Thomas University and he was awarded the Order of New Brunswick.
Wayne has lived in southern Ontario, Yukon Territories and Cuba. He divides his time between Fredericton and his cabin on the Miramichi River. Sons of a Fisherman is his twenty-first book.
Editorial Reviews
"A garland of local lore gathered by a fishing poet." — Gene Hill, Field and Stream
"The best little book about the Miramichi you're likely to find for many seasons to come." — Atlantic Salmon Journal
