There is a new book on the market titled Island Salmon Fisherman (Harbour Publishing), and it will be greatly appreciated if you would rush right out after reading this and purchase one for yourself, and several for your many friends. This is the third collaboration between Island Fisherman Publisher Larry Stefanyk and me, and yes, we are already planning to do another in the near future.

To whet your appetite, short excerpts from Island Salmon Fisherman will be published over the next few issues, but first a little history about how it all got started....

The hum of early evening traffic on the Island Highway was mingled with the sounds of families on the Campbell River Seawalk and the lapping of Discovery Passage's waves against the revetment of barnacle-covered boulders. However, even amidst that cacophony I clearly heard the hiss of air through an eagle's wings as it flew low overhead to its roost, a small fish tucked aerodynamically, head-to-tail, in its claws...

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