The Legend and Lore of
CAMPBELL
RIVER’S
IMMORTAL
TYEE CLUB
The chilled surge of tide in this salt water
eddy ebbs with shattered egos, and flows
with sport-fishing legacies. That it is narrow,
weedy and non-descriptively normal surprises
me. At first impression it seems wrong, as out
of place as the citified backdrop, metal girders,
loading dock and roar of the neighboring
seaplane base. By TERRY W. SHEELY, PHOTOS
COURTESY OF MUSEUM AT CAMPBELL RIVER
I
EXPECTED REVERENCE AND
This is exalted
water, a place of legends,
prestige, and immortal fame.
An unvarnished Northwest
fishing superlative with a
world-wide draw.
This is Tyee Pool, Campbell River
estuary, east Vancouver Island, British
WHISPERINGS.
48
Columbia, Canada.
Here is practiced the rarest form of
salmon fisheries where the fish, not the
fishermen, are what is most important,
where sportsmanship and decorum are
thick with pomp and rituals, inveterate
customs, a hint of English proprietary,
honored history and respected taboos.
And where entry-level Chinook are
explore:NW | The Official Magazine for kenmore air | Summer 2016