RISING TROUT. By Charles K. Fox. Foreword by L. James Bashline. Second edition.

(1967) 1978 2nd edition. 8vo (156 x 235mm). Ppxvi,271. B/w photographs, b/w plates of flies. Grey boards, spine titled in brown.

"A compilation of the observations, discoveries, and informed opinions of a man who knows trout." Discusses the literature, ecology and techniques of trout fishing. The author refers mainly to New England limestone rivers, and the LeTort in particular. Chapters include:- Flowing trout waters; The American beginning; The unpublished bible; Vision; The greatest problem; Selectivity and drag; Intercepting the hatches; The hatch of hatches; The hidden hatches; Trout bugging; The last fly; The minnow-type fly; The slow draw and the fast rod; Casting the wet fly; The silver king; The art of diminution; Competition; Night fishing for big trout; Winter fly fishing; Maybe it is spring; Spin, spinning, spun; Old trout just fade away; Trout conservation; Anatomy of a trout stream; Stream improvement; Man-made redds; The commonwealth's gem; A matter of management; Pure water is basic; The four horsemen; In retrospect.