FLY FISHING. A Newnes Beginner's Guide. By James A. Gilmour. With drawings by David Carl Forbes and photographs by the author.

1967 1st edition. Small 8vo (130 x 190mm). Pp136. B/w photographs and line illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt.

Good introduction to all aspects of flyfishing for trout and salmon with a chapter introducing fly tying. Where to fish, about trout, buying tackle, casting, the angler's flies, lake and reservoir fishing, playing and landing fish, after landing your fish, the art of striking trout, salmon fishing, simple fly-tying, angler's knots.