Return to the River: A Story of the Chinook Run Fly Fishing it is not the prize

it is not the prize but the chase that serves as the ultimate reward - ringing true the words of the Spanish philosopher

William Finaughty

and will know something about you without ever looking at your identification inside: That you are a discerning sportsperson who is only satisfied with the best

This revised and expanded edition of John T

Return to the River: A Story of the Chinook Run Fly Fishing it is not the prizeHardcover, 256 Pages. Dated 1974 Willow Creek Press Return to the River captures the whole sweep of the chinook migration in every significant detail: the departure seaward of the millions of small fry in the spring of the second year, the saltwater life of the free swimming schools in the deeps beyond Puget Sound, the later return of the survivorssixty and eighty pounders that leap against every obstacle, striving to complete their lives at last