ANGLER'S CAVALCADE. By Eric Horsfall Turner.

1966 1st edition. 8vo (170 x 240mm). Ppxii,131. B/w photographs. Dark green boards, spine titled in gilt.

From early days on the Upper Severn at Llanidloes to tunny fishing off Scarborough. The author looks in depth at trout fishing and fly-tying, angling literature and writers, and salmon fishing in Scotland and Norway. Chapters include: Print and the practical angler; Expertise in angling; The trout of two waters; The speculative fly-dresser; Reaction and impact; Caricature in outline; The pure impurist; By the look on his face; Imprecision in tackle; Shades on the rivers; Angling with the playboys; Approach to salmon; The salmon of Norway; The biggest of them all.