TROUT AT TAUPO. By O.S. Hintz. Illustrated by Minhinnick. New and enlarged edition with an Introduction by Viscount Cobham G.C.M.G.

(1955) 1964 2nd edition. 8vo (135 x 203mm). Ppxiv,239. Colour frontispiece of flies, b/w photographs, vignette drawings by Minhinnick. Blue cloth, spine titled in gilt.

"... the first book to be devoted exclusively to the most famous single trout fishery in the world. It paints authentic word pictures of the great Taupo basin and its rushing rivers. It describes the tackle and techniques of angling developed to meet the challenge of superb fighting fish which average six pounds in weight, with trout running into double figures not uncommon". This revised edition contains three extra chapters. chapters include: Author's note; Introduction by Viscount Cobham (NZ Governor General and first-class cricketer, Worcestershire and New Zealand, not Sir Alan Cobham); Taupo overture; Taupo moana; Taupo fish; Taupo River; Taupo soliloquy; Taupo tackle; Taupo techniques; Taupo diary; Taupo tales. An appendix gives useful information to the would-be visiting angler. It will take your four or five weeks by sea and four or five days by air. Petrol costs about 3/6 a gallon and crucially, "the liquor licensing laws in New Zealand defy all reason".