Mist on the River: An Angler's Quest for Steelhead

by Michael Checchio

Book Overview

As he says in the prologue to his book, Michael Checchio likes his fly-fishing on big western rivers where there are lots of mountains to look at, and where the steelhead don't come out of a hatchery but are born as nature intended, in the cold gravel of a clean stream. He finds all this and more up in British Columbia on his search for some of the last great runs of wild steelhead left on earth. Steelhead, the great sea-run rainbow trout of the Pacific...

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0312278667
• ISBN13: 9780312278663
• Release Date: October 2001
• Publisher: Thomas Dunne Books
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 2.30 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.8" x 8.6"

Customer Reviews

More pragmatic than poetic

Despite the title, this book is more pragmatic than poetic. He goes on a road trip to the Skeena watershed to sample the steelhead fishing. Having spent only a short time there, his story is more reportage than retrospective. I did learn some things new, however, and for anyone unfamiliar with the area or its history it is a good source. For something closer to the heart, Carey's North Bank, Haig-Brown, or McGuane might suit you better.