Don grew up on a small South Langley dairy farm as the only son of Olaf and Catherine Alice Haaheim. Luckily, the Little Campbell Creek flowed through part of the forty-acre property and this gave Don a marvelous opportunity, aided by a very outdoor-minded father, to experience the joys of fishing at an early age. When Don was eleven years old, he bought his first fly rod which was the beginning of a lifetime of fly fishing including Fly Tying throughout the beautiful province of British Columbia! Don Haaheim still actively fly-fishes many of the waters mentioned in this book. Besides fishing and fly tying, Don also writes monthly fly-tying articles and has also authored two prior books, one of his fishing experiences called “Willow Sticks, Earth Worms” and the second titled “Jessie, A Yellow Labrador Retriever”. This book originates from actual on-the-water experiences with each fly pattern.