BC Books Online was created for anyone interested in BC-published books, and with librarians especially in mind. We'd like to make it easy for library staff to learn about books from BC publishers - both new releases and backlist titles - so you can inform your patrons and keep your collections up to date.
Our site features print books and ebooks - both new releases and backlist titles - all of which are available to order through regular trade channels. Browse our subject categories to find books of interest or create and export lists by category to cross-reference with your library's current collection.
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Veteran sport fisher Gordon Davies and his wife Pauline spend every possible moment traveling to rivers in British Columbia. The next best thing to traveling and fishing along with them is owning the latest Gordon Davies book, "Fishing BC Rivers". This immensely readable volume will tell you how to reach the most accessible rivers and how to catch the most accessible fish. It will also help you find the most knowledgeable guides to take you to areas less readily reached by the common angler. A chapter is devoted to each river and its tributaries, followed by a list of the fish that inhabit the river system, along with suggested flies, lures and baits to catch each species. The author of two previous books describing his love for the rivers of British Columbia, Davies now gives the reader the benefit of his many years of experience in "Fishing BC Rivers" the secrets of more than half a century are revealed, along with up-to-date phone numbers, e-mail addresses and websites. What more could a river lover want? Anecdotal evidence? Photographs of British Columbia's scenic waterways? A smattering of history and folk wisdom? Look no further, this is the book.