THE COMPLETE SALMON FISHER: VOLUME TWO. SALMON ON THE FLY. By Malcolm Greenhalgh.

1996 1st edition. 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppvi,224. Colour and b/w photographs, illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt.

"In this, the second volume of Malcolm Greenhalgh's authoritative work The Complete Salmon Fisher, every aspect of the sport is explored, from a history of the fly to the importance of perseverance. Malcolm Greenhalgh has created in this book a classic text that no salmon fisher will want to be without". Chapters include: The evolution of the salmon fly; Effective salmon river wet flies; Loch and lough flies; Dry flies and weighted nymphs; The why, when and where of fly fishing for salmon; River wet fly fishing; Loch and lough fishing for salmon; Dry fly and weighted nymph fishing for salmon; Hooking, playing and landing salmon; The importance of perseverance in salmon fishing.