THE PRACTICAL ANGLER: OR THE ART OF TROUT FISHING, MORE PARTICULARLY APPLIED TO CLEAR WATER. By W.C. Stewart. 1877 Seventh edition.

(1857) 1877 7th edition. 12mo (110 x 178mm). Ppxvi,228. Illustrated with small engraved vignettes in the text and decorative initials. Green cloth with gilt vignette to upper board, gilt spine titles.

"The Practical Angler or The Art of Trout-Fishing more particularly applied to clear water", by W.C. Stewart, first published in 1857, revolutionised tactics and rapidly became an influential classic. His upstream sunk-fly technique, using lightly dressed "spiders", is described here, just one year before the birth of G.E.M. Skues, who appliedthe same idea to chalkstream fishing 50 years later. One of the most important and influencial fishing books ever. The colour plates were not included in these earlier editions.