THE ART AND SCIENCE OF FLY FISHING. By Lenox Dick and Friends.

(1993) pbk edition reprint. 8vo paperback (217 x 280mm). Pp132. B/w line illustrations, colour and b/w photographs.

Hailed by many as the basic textbook for many fly-fishing schools. Chapters include:- Basic tackle; Casting basics; Advanced fly casting and presentation; Reading water; Aquatic insects and other fish food; Flies; The Caddis that May; Wading; Opening day; The delights of June; The middle of July; Nymph fishing; Soft-hackle flies; Bush-whacking feeder streams; Spring creeks; Big limestone trout; Winter flyfishing for trout; Night fishing; More about fly fishing equipment; Steelhead fly fishing vagaries; Summer fly fishing for Steelhead; Winter Steelhead; Fishing sink-tip lines for Steelhead; The camera killer; The best fishing is between the pages of a book. Many chapters are written by widely reknowned anglers and angling writers, such as, John Gierach, Rick Hafele, Dave Hughes and Frank W. Amato.