TAM TAIN'S TROUT BOOK. Illustrated by Raymond Sheppard.

1947 1st edition. 8vo (142 x 209mm). Pp165. B/w illustrations by Raymond Sheppard, pictorial end-papers. Green cloth, upper board and spine titled in black.

Scottish angling sketches collected from the "Tam Tain" column in the Evening Dispatch. The author gives us the benefit of his fishing experiences and experiments, including diving into a pool to see what floating objects look like from the trout's point of view, and banging stones together under water to see what it sounds like. Chapters include:- Triumph for the barrel organ; What trout see; Sandy's 'green fly'; Camouflaged trout; On landing trout; The angler's talisman; Those that get away; The golden moment; Bagful of bathos; The legendary trout; River enemy number one; The short risers; Ringing the changes; The unpredictable; Fisherman's luck; The obliging trout; 'Joys' of opening day; The unobtrusive angler; The great schemer; The perfect fly; Gentle tactics; Catching the cannibal; Hill-stream adventure; Ancients v. moderns; Unorthodox ways; Piscatorial pot-pourri. "Tam Tain", almost certainly a pen-name, is the name of one of the Kilsyth Hills, just north of Glasgow.