IRISH RISE: REFLECTIONS BY LOUGH AND STREAM. By Dennis Moss.

2010 1st edition. 4to (195 x 252mm). Pp286. Colour photographs. Dark green boards, spine titled in gilt.

Lots about big brown trout on the limestone loughs of the west of Ireland, but also includes observations about conservation of wild stock, the effects of angler pressure, favourite flies and much else. Chapters include: Early days; A rise out of the blue; Gay Gammarus; Sea fog; Wild fish in wild places; Flanker and Lemming; Latchicos in Iceland; Working a salmon; Ireland - first salmon; Tim; Fingers; Mayfly Sheelin 1993; Tales of the unexpected; Cursed in the sun; Dad's Bay; Repeat captures; Presentation; Dry fly - the variables; Favourite flies; Mayfly box; Return to Arrow; Borne out of the wind. Foreword by Andrew Flitcroft.