THE TROUT AND THE STREAM. By Charles E. Brooks. Illustrated by Dave Whitlock.

1974 1st edition. 4to (184 x 260mm). Ppviii,216. Colour plates of flies, b/w photographs, b/w illustrations by Dave Whitlock. Cloth-backed green boards.

Trout and their rivers, the pursuit of trout, aesthetics and conservation. Plenty on trout food, natural and artificial flies. "You may not agree with everything Charlie Brooks says in The Trout and the Stream, but it's next-to-guaranteed that he will in several places prod you into thinking fresh new thoughts of your own about both that you've never entertained before... A more valuable service to the fly fisherman that that is hard to imagine." (Arnold Gingrich). Chapters include:- Life in running water; The requirements of a trout; Knowing your rivers; Fishing the water; The underwater fly; Natural nymphs and their imitations; Fishing the artificial nymph; Floating flies; Fly patterns and their dressings; Tackle talk; Developing a philosophy; Conservation and fly-fishing; Stocked and wild trout; Stream management and improvement; Reading for the serious angler; Of streams and trout, laws and anglers.