THE FLYFISHERS ANNUAL. VOLUME FIVE.

1999 1st edition. 4to (224 x 292mm). Pp96,ads. Colour and b/w photographs. Laminated boards.

"Year 2000 limited edition." Good well-illustrated articles on Snowy Mountain and New Zealand trout fishing, flyfishing for sailfish, blue sharks and barramundi and a whole lot more. For this edition the publishers have dropped the words Australian and New Zealand from the title intending to "...broaden the scope of the annual so articles from writers around the world, as well as from Australia and New Zealand, can be included where they address issues of great interest to flyfishers." Chapters include: High water on the Goulburn by Mike Griffiths; New Zealand's Karamea River system by Trevor Stow; Up or down? by Philip Weigall; How dry flies float by Rick Keam; Ghosts of the Snowy Mountains by Mick Hall; Making the most of the Monaro by John Killip; Tips for tough Monaro days by Peter Gibson; The ultimate guide to fly fishing guides; In praise of New England by Vinnie Ford; Sweet, small and subtle by Wayne Kampe; Notes on nets by Tony Ritchie; Dam bass on fly... but why? by Steve Morgan; Tinaroo by Neil Schultz; Bass Strait blues by Steve Cooper; Australian fly tying championships by Mick Hall; Sailfish fly rod tactics by Col Roberts; Three bits of cardboard by Fred Dunford; Items of interest.