IN SEARCH OF WILD TROUT: FLYFISHING FOR WILD TROUT IN RIVERS. By Nicholas Fitton.

1992 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Pp193. B/w photographs, line illustrations, bibliography. Green boards, spine titled in gilt.

"... it details such refinements as twin dry fly; the very successful technique of wry fly - fishing dry and wet simultaneously; the induced dry take and the 'animated' nymph." Chapters include: Wry fly - the forgotten deadly weapon; Twin dry fly; Wry fly - further tactics; Selecting the right fly - part one; The induced dry fly take; Dry fly as a lure; Selecting the right fly - part two; Flies - my selection; A question of light; The Wickham's Fancy puzzle; Nymph fishing - some minor tactics; Imaginative downstream wet fly; The evening rise; Night fishing; Dry fly - the strike and the sixth sense; Dour and difficult days; The mayfly; The mystery of the adipose fin; The hotspur and other flies; Philosophical; The last cast. Also includes an appendix on detecting the upstream wet fly take. A good book.