CHUB and DACE. By John Bailey and Roger Miller.

1990 1st edition. Large 8vo (169 x 240mm). Pp160. Colour and b/w photographs, b/w illustrations. Green boards, spine titled in gilt.

"John Bailey, Roger Miller and six other top anglers have combined to produce this comprehensive account of chub and dace angling. ...Bailey and Miller focus their attention on the River Wye, whilst contributors, Trefor West, Fred Sykes, Archie Braddock, Christopher Shortis and Frank Barlow, tell of their own ...experiences [on other rivers] including the Annan, the Cherwell, the Dove, the Severn, the Waveney and the Wensum. A chapter covering chub habitat by fisheries scientist Richard Smith completes this work." Chapters include: The night fishing approach; The lost day; A year on the Cherwell; The big river approach; Chub on the Trent: now and then; A day on the Wye; My approach to big river chub; The stillwater chub approach; A night to remember; The monster syndrome; Dr Cameron's ten-pound Annan chub; Thoughts and recollections of the Annan; What makes a good chub river; Days with dace.