BLACK BASS AND THE FLY ROD. By Charles F. Waterman.

# 1993 1st edition. 8vo (158 x 235mm). Pp248. B/w photographs, illustrations. Blue textured boards, spine titled in white.

# A useful guide to the tackle, techniques and fly patterns used when targeting largemouth and smallmouth bass. Well worth a read for anyone intending to have a go. "Whether you're an expert or not, you won't have to travel great distances to learn from true master Charlie Waterman. His expertise is now at your fingertips in Black Bass And The Fly Rod. Waterman brings a lifetime of exceptional angling skills to the growing sport of fly rodding for bass. You'll learn about all the tools - rods, reels, lines, and lures - used in fly fishing for bass. This informative volume offers everything you could want to know about bass bugs, including their surprisingly interesting history, recent innovations and mofifications, and the casting skills best suited to their use. Plus, Waterman gives you tips on how to fly fish for both large- and smallmouth bass, where to look for them, and how to develop the boating and wading techniques needed to take them." Chapters include: To begin with; Making it work; The tools; Bass almost everywhere; Bug business; A little deeper; Strange waters; Fellow travellers; Boats, boots, and bubbles; More bass for flies. Two appendices on minor alterations to flies (weed guards, rubber legs etc) and a few suitable knots with illustrated tying instructions. The foreword is by Ed Gray.