EXOTIC FLY-FISHING IN THE SOUTH SEAS. By Chris Hole.

1996 1st edition. 4to (216 x 286mm). Pp96. Colour photographs, illustrations, maps by the author. Pictorial laminated boards, issued without a dust-wrapper.

Pacific saltwater flyfishing, including big-game fishing; New Zealand trout fishing; and flyfishing for barramundi in North-western Australia. "This book is a traveller's companion for the roving fly-fisherman. For the angler who plans to fish any one of a number of exotic fresh and saltwater locations in Australia, New Zealand and the South Seas. From the Taieri River in New Zealand to the Bismarck Sea north of New Guinea, it provides all the necessary information about transport, accommodation, currency, costs, climate, clothing, fish species, tackle, flies, regulations and contact addresses to plan the never-to-be-forgotten fly-fishing holiday. ...Chris Hole ably supports his planning detail with historical information and personal fishing experiences, and illustrates each are with an informative watercolour map, paintings of the most successful flies and enlightening photography." Well worth a read, even if you are only planning to plan. Chapters include: The Maniototo of New Zealand's South Island; Northeast Victoria; Lizard Island; Seven Spirit Bay; Extraordinary El Questro; The remote Cocos (Keeling) Islands; The Gulf of Carpentaria; Saltwater fly-fishing for big game; The Island of Efate, Vanuatu; Off Madang in Papua New Guinea.