THE SALMON RIVERS OF THE NORTH HIGHLANDS AND THE OUTER HEBRIDES. By Andrew Graham-Stewart.

(2005) 2006 reprint. 4to (186 x 263mm). Ppxx,268. Colour photographs, maps, bibliography, silk marker ribbon. Dark blue cloth, spine titled in gilt.

The author charts two centuries of development on more than fifty Highland salmon systems from source to sea with detailed histories of each including rod and netting catches, ownerships and traditions. Meticulously researched and liberally laced with angling-related anecdotes from the archives, the book covers the north of mainland Scotland from the Findhorn in the east to the Ewe in the west as well as the islands of Lewis, Harris and North and South Uist. Foreword by Jeremy Paxman.