159 Pages / Slipcased

$125.00 U.S. Postpaid

Salmon Fishing on the 
Grand Cascapedia

by Edmund W. Davis

This is a beautiful new reprint edition of this very rare, privately-printed classic by the Flyfisher’s Classic Library. The author was one of the founding members of the Cascapedia Club, and he describes some interesting early fishing on the river, which is widely considered home to the largest Atlantic salmon in North America.

Originally published in 1904 for family and friends, the book contains some reasoned thoughts on salmon behavior and fly patterns, and both color and sepia plates illustrate period patterns and life on and along the river at that time. Included are views of the guides, canoes. Club buildings, and, of course, trophy specimens are never too far from the camera.

But alas, in 1908, the author was killed by a gunshot wound at his camp while hunting in the area. Considerable mystery has surrounded the circumstance of his death for the past one hundred years and much has been published recently about this. However, one is clearly reminded of that irrefutable refrain: Dead men tell no tales. Just as it should be. This is a great book.

“E.W. Davis’ fascinating, historical, account of the Grand Cascapedia River comes on the one-hundredth anniversary of his landmark book. The curiosity about his life, and death on the river, continues.”
-- Hoagy B. Carmichael

From a forthcoming book on the history of the Grand Cascapedia Valley