BITCH-CREEK NYMPHING and THE MILLENNIUM BUG. By Wolf Avni.

2007 1st edition. Hardback (166 x 251mm). Ppix,261. Colour photograph plates. Blind-stamped embossed fish motif to brown faux leather, titles in gilt to upper board and spine.

"Fish Fingers and Trout Tails and other South African fly-fishing stories." "Whether you are a keen fly-fisherman or merely a collector of fine tales and piscatorial literature, Wolf Avni's collection of hilarious and irreverent fishing stories and superb photographs cannot fail to delight you. The sparkling anecdotes range from the factual to the myth of the mean, uncatchable monster with a cult following, after whom the book is named, to droll descriptions of a local hostelry decked out in 'drop-dead-tourist trout motif.' Fisherman's 'yarns' abound, but are intertwined with lyrical narrative describing the beautiful environs in which trout fishing occurs. Leavened by a sizeable dose of self-deprecating humour, this collection of wonderfully written tales will provide hours of entertaining reading."