RIVER FLY-FISHING: THEORY AND PRACTICE. By L. Baverstock. Series editor Kenneth Mansfield.

(1961) 1964 reprint. Small format (95 x 165mm). Pp96. B/w illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in dark blue.

Another title in the excellent and highly collectable 'How to Catch Them' series. Chapters include: Fly fishing equipment - rods, lines, reels, waders, oddments; Casting a fly - early lessons, grip, back cast, forward cast, demonstration, casting into the wind, shooting line; Dry fly fishing - rods, casts, seasons, placing the flies, drag, fly-taking fish, striking, fish lies, fishing the stream, evening fishing, dace, chub, windy days, after floods, greased line; Wet fly fishing - number of flies, fishing downstream, hooking, indication of takes, sinking the cast, big hatches, artificial flies, fishing upstream, detecting the take, precautions, night fishing, flies, chub; Fishermen's flies; Some general hints - fishing limits, licences, practical points.