GRAYLING: THE FOURTH GAME FISH. By Ronald Broughton.

1989 1st edition. Large 8vo (170 x 240mm). Pp224. Colour and b/w photographs, line illustrations by Claire Upsdale-Jones, bibliography. Burgundy boards, spine titled in gilt.

In this book "Ronald Broughton brings an entirely new approach to his subject and gives the [grayling] the importance it has long deserved. ...He has collected a group of acknowledged experts on grayling from around the world to contribute... Their areas range from Wales to Mongolia... Advice on methods, tactics and tackle ...illustrated by fascinating personal anecdotes." The foreword is by Dermot Wilson, then president of the Grayling Society. Chapters include: The distribution of grayling, Ross Gardiner; Grayling in the chalk streams, Robin Mulholland; Of stillwater and Welsh rivers, Louis Noble; Yorkshire's grayling, John S. Davison; Bait fishing for grayling, Neil Sinclair; Flies that catch grayling, R.B. Broughton; North America's arctic grayling, Patrick Michiel; Grayling in Lapland, Lars Olsson; The French grayling and grayling fishing in France, Raymond Rocher; Grayling fishing in Austria, Michael Hofmaier; On Italian and Yugoslav grayling, Antonio Sabbadini; Mongolia - first impressions, Nail Jones; Fishing and accommodation outside the British Isles; Thumbnail biographies of the contributors.