The sage of salmon fishing produced a still popular classic
When a copy of 'The Ristigouche and Its Salmon Fishing' by Dean Sage came up for auction at Bonhams New York in 2011 it was described “the rarest and most beautiful book on salmon fishing and with an important chapter on the collecting of angling literature”.
The saleroom added: “Sage describes the colourful characters he encountered and his many adventure…