SEA TROUT RUN. By Peter Jarrams.

1987 1st edition. 8vo (144 x 222mm). Pp160. B/w photographs and line illustrations, tables. Pictorial laminated boards, issued without a dust-wrapper.

"Peter Jarrams' ...authoritative study of sea trout confirms that this intriguing ...species of fish is as deserving of close examination as its popular cousin, the Atlantic salmon. ...This book is written by an angler for anglers. As well as sections on fishing methods and how to apply them, there is also detailed information on the biology and habitat requirements for sea trout. As in any form of hunting, an understanding of the quarry - its habits, likes and dislikes - is important if the hunter is to be at all successful. ...Jarrams also discusses how such an increasingly important resource should be properly managed, since recent evidence indicates that sea trout are maintaining population numbers in areas where salmon runs are declining." This is a good study of the ecology of the sea trout and the methods used to angle for it, based mainly on Welsh rivers. Chapters include: The sea trout and its environment; Distribution; Life history; Predation; Common diseases and parasites; Management of the resource; Fly fishing; Spinning; Worm fishing; Dealing with the catch. Detailed and useful.