THE TROUT AND THE FLY: A NEW APPROACH. By John Goddard and Brian Clarke. DE LUXE EDITION.

1980 1st edition de luxe issue. 4to (215 x 270mm). Pp192. Colour and b/w photographs, line illustrations. Bound in full green Morocco by Aquarius, Spine titled in gilt, all edges gilt, raised bands, green cloth slipcase. Oval mount inside rear cover with 7 flies tied by Stewart Canham.

Edition limited to 25 numbered copies plus three out-of-series author's copies. One of the most important modern books on flyfishing. Pioneering stuff on rise-forms, presentation, and on the way natural and artificial flies appear to the trout. Chapters include: The trout and the fly; The approach; How to see trout; Where trout lie; The light patch; Clues to feeding behaviour; How the trout sees; What the trout sees of the fly; What the trout sees of the angler; Fishing the nymph; Reading the take to the nymph; Fishing the dry fly; The search for truth; What we set out to achieve - and why; How to tie the new patterns; Postscript - the barbless hook.