FISHING FOR WILD TROUT IN SCOTTISH LOCHS. By Lesley Crawford.

1996 1st edition. 4to (195 x 252mm). Ppviii,147. Colour and b/w photographs, maps, bibliography. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt.

"This book looks in detail at the natural history of Scotland's trout." Chapters include: The Scottish tradition - trout of yore, some pioneers of loch fishing; Scotland's loch trout fishing in the 1990s - wild browns and rainbows, the current wild choice, the Scottish lochs; A contrast of lochs - assessing loch environments, food chains; Practical study of loch trout - strains of wild trout, basic anatomy, fish behaviour, natural spawning, the diet of wild loch trout, safe houses; Fishing on the trout lochs - loch-style tackle, additional kit, elementary casting, wading, boating; Loch-style techniques I - wet-fly loch fishing, dry fly, nymphing, dapping; Loch-style techniques II - float tubing, ferox fishing, fly-tying for the lochs; Weather or not - rain, wind, temperature, light, global warming, seasons; Developing tactics - rainbow and brown trout techniques, watercraft; Tactics around the country - Argyllshire, Caithness, Clydeside, Fort William and Lochaber, Inverness, Lothian, Perthshire, Ross-shire, High Sutherland, hill lochs, Tayside, the Trossachs; Modern influences on Scotland's trout - the law, protection orders, changing environment, a typical trout water, management; Classic loch trout fishing.