LORE OF TROUT FISHING: A SPECIAL COLLECTION OF LESSONS FROM THE PAGES OF FLY FISHERMAN. By Art Lee.

1999 1st edition. 4to (217 x 285mm). Pp233,ad. Colour plates of flies, b/w photographs, illustrations. Green boards, spine titled in gilt.

An interesting collection of Art Lee's articles published over the years in Fly Fisherman magazine. Articles include: May I present; Besting bigger and bigger trout; Too much for a 2x tippet; Taking early season trout; Spring training; Diptera, the fly for all seasons; A toast to sippers; Getting sharp about the flats; Once upon a Catskills stream; Coping with the ultimate blanking; Selective selectivity; When perfect isn't good enough; Fishing streamers during hatches; Pulling a bank job; Spent spinners, your carrion angels; The eggs and I; Go wet, young man; Taking the curse out of wind; Young-of-the-year streamers; Long winter's Hendrickson into spring; The one, the only Green Drake; The usual with a twist; The 'right' foot forward; The center of solitude.