THE NE'ER-DO-WEEL: SOME WATERSIDE SKETCHES. By W. Sorley Brown ("Rainbow" and "Borderer").

ND (1916) 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 221mm). Ppxiv,249. B/w plates. Dark olive cloth, upper board and spine titled in gilt, illustrated plate tipped-on to upper board, top edge gilt.

Flyfishing for trout and salmon in the Scottish borders. The author, editor of the Border Standard, was an expert salmon poacher and the latter half of the book has stories and advice on salmon poaching. Chapters include:- The ne'er-do-weel; The Scottish trout fisher in spring; On loch and stream; The unexpected which happened; Days on Gala Water; A February chronicle; At dawn of day; The time of the may-fly; The river by night; On a border stream; The young angler and flooded water; The death of the four pounder; The favourite pool; The flood's riches; When the dry fly failed; A summer's day; Thoughts on night fishing; Dry-fly fishing on the Tweed; On the loch at night; Autumn and winter sport; The water of Leith; With youthful eyes; A September night; Salmon poaching in the south of Scotland; Steve, the salmon poacher; The value of salmon roe; Some poaching ways; The poachers' Christmas Eve; When the sea-trout leave the ocean; Last thoughts.