Return to the River: A Story of the Chinook Black Fly Rod & Reel

Fly Rod & Reel

A rare item (on offer elsewhere for prices as high as $1900) Rutledge apparently had privately printed

although his quest for sport has even led him after herring

He invented the design used in virtually all modern pistols

set off on a quixotic year-long adventure in the wild with the end goal of preparing a three-day

Return to the River: A Story of the Chinook Black Fly Rod & ReelRoderick Haig Brown, Return to the River: A Story of the Chinook (New Introduction by Ernest Schwiebert). (xvi), 135 pages. Oshkosh, WI: Willow Creek Press, 1984. Hardbound (lacks dust jacket). Large format. Illustrated (paintings by George Luther Schelling). A reissue of the 1941 original. Near fine. $25.