CHALK STREAM ROACH: THE ULTIMATE CHALLENGE. Compiled and illustrated by John Searl. De luxe edition.

# 2009 1st edition. 8vo (177 x 237mm). Ppxxiv,187. Colour and b/w photographs, sepia illustrations by John Searl. Half green leather over green watered-silk boards, spine titled in gilt, two raised bands, silk marker. In green cloth slipcase.

# This book covers all aspects of fishing for chalkstream roach, with much material by "some of the most successful roach anglers ever to have fished these wonderful rivers in the history of the sport, with a truly amazing tally of two and even three pound roach to their credit. Every aspect and style of roach fishing has been covered, from trotting and stalking in Summer and Autumn, to traditional bread-fishing in Winter. All of the major chalkstreams have been covered [each] by an angler who has specialised on a particular river. Most of these anglers will be very familiar to the reader [they include] Dave Steuart, Dave Howes, Ron Smith, Mark Wintle, and of course John Searl." Includes a Foreword by Peter Wheat and an Introduction by John Bailey. John Searl was an artist, angler and proprietor of The Art of Angling gallery in Ringwood, Dorset. This book was published for the author by John Mason in a total edition of 1000 copies, of which 100 were bound in leather by Ludlow Bookbinders.