FISHING THE MIDGE: A NEW AND REVISED EDITION OF AN ANGLING CLASSIC. By Ed Koch.

(1972) 1988 revised 2nd edition. 8vo (153 x 236mm). Pp137. Colour photographs of flies by Norm Shires, b/w line illustrations of fly tying by Rich Shires. Green boards, spine titled in gilt.

Since "its initial publication, Ed Koch's book ...has attracted a large, and still growing, readership. Here, in an updated edition of the original classic, is all you need to know about fishing the imitations of those tiny, nearly invisible flies that will take superselective trout when all else fails. ...[includes] all-new detailed tyin illustrations for twenty-four proven midge patterns that are consistent takers of difficult trout. ...The first and still the best treatment on small flies and light tackle".