One of Canada’s best known fly-fishermen, essayist Roderick Haig-Brown, demonstrates the art of salmon fishing in the Campbell River of northern Vancouver Island. The film, like the fisherman, has eyes for more than the river’s surface. The camera looks below, showing what the fish sees and the fisherman senses. A film of solitude and of harmony with nature. (Awards: Toronto; Detroit; Novi Sad)
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ACMI Identifier
016529
Language
English
Subject categories
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Film festivals - Canada - Toronto - Awards
Advertising, Film, Journalism, Mass Media & TV → Motion pictures - Awards
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Canada
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Rivers - Canada
Anthropology, Ethnology, Exploration & Travel → Vancouver Island (B.C.)
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Natural history
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Nature - Effects of human beings on
Climate, Environment, Natural Resources & Disasters → Rivers - Canada
Documentary → Documentary films - Canada
Educational & Instructional → Instructional
Hobbies, Recreation & Sport → Fishing
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)