MY FRIEND THE TROUT. By Eugene V. Connett III.

(1961) 1991 new edition. Small 8vo (132 x 196mm). Ppxlii,117. B/w photographs, illustrations. Blind-stamped trout motif to green cloth, spine titled in gilt. Edition limited to 950 copies.

Eugene V. Connett III was an angling author of note and founder of The Derrydale Press. My Friend The Trout was Connett's last book, in which he summed up the experience of a lifetime of close observation of trout and their environment. Connett is particularly good on the senses and instincts of trout. Chapters include: Seventeen-page introductory essay by Ernest Schwiebert; Preface by the author; Introductory remarks; Instincts of trout; Experience teaches; The senses of trout; The eyesight of trout; The trout's outlook; The trout's view of a fly; Vision in the dark; A trout's table manners; The reader's reward; About fly tying. A good, enlightening read.