SHADOWS IN THE STREAM: SEASONAL APPROACHES TO GAME FISHING. By Ian Neale.

2000 1st edition. 4to (193 x 252mm). Pp144. Colour photographs, illustrations. Green boards, spine titled in gilt.

Experiences of a salmon and seatrout fisherman, mainly in Scotland but with occasional excursions to England, Wales, Ireland, New Zealand and Russia. Contents include:- February - Breaking the ice; The fish of a lifetime; March - A question of confidence; Speyside spring and melting snow; April - A New Zealand interlude; May - Discovering the A'an; Purple Hays - a salmon and sea-trout fly for spring and summer on the Spey; A Wye weekend; Summer on the Kola - the Ponoi river; The guides' day off; The scientific angle; June - Sea-trout at night, salmon at dawn; Sea-trout in the mist; Ways with the worm; July - Salmon in the sea; Sea-trout off the tide; When the river runs low; Single-handed on the Dee; August - Days on the dibble; French girls, Irish grilse; West is where the rain comes from; September - On the drift; Enchanted Eachaig; Doon's banks and braes; Come hell and high water; October - Autumn in the Borders; November - Two days on Tweed; Great expectations; Last chance.