THE SMALL STREAM DRY FLY: A NEW AND RADICAL APPROACH. By Lou Stevens.

2003 1st edition. 8vo paperback (150 x 218mm). Pp116. B/w photographs and line illustrations.

"Lou Stevens presents a new and radical approach to fishing the dry fly. Whether you are fishing the dry fly on chalk streams, hillstreams, brooks, burns or moorland streams, the theory is the same. However, the tactics used vary enormously from one type of water to another. Based on the author's extensive knowledge, this book introduces the reader to a number of little-known tactical flies. These are described in detail and include the flies needed to practise the radical 'damp fly' approach (flies which lie in the surface film, that is)." Chapters include: The water we fish; Tackle innovations; Leaders; The small-stream fly box; Dry fly tactics (1); Fly presentation and drag; Drag and a paradox; Dry fly tactics (2); Dry fly tactics (3); Dry fly tactics (4); Specialist flies; Dry fly tactics (5); Dry fly tactics (6); Dry fly versus damp fly; Success or failure; Dry fly patterns.