Cascade On The Run (by Neville Peat)

• 1979 edition. Rare.  126 pages.
• Publisher. Whitcoulls
• Hardcover. Large D/j. B/w photos. Indexed
• Condition. Very good. Plastic over the d/j is wrinkled

A Season With The Whitbaiter of South Westland

This introduces the excitement, pleasures and hardships of the West Coaster's most lucrative pastime - catching whitebait.

These Cascaders are  a special kind of whitebater: a close-knit body of men and women who have pioneered their own style of fishing, independent of motor vehicles and bodily removed from New Zealand society.

Peat gives us an absorbing account of the whitbaters' lives  'on the run';  the race to prepare the boats, stands and nets efore opening day;  the rewards and disappointment of the daily dance on the catwalks lining the big river.. He peppers his story with yarns about boating and hunting advetures.