DAYS AND NIGHTS OF GAME FISHING. By W.B. Currie. Hardback.

1984 1st edition. 8vo (165 x 240mm). Ppxii,192. B/w illustrations by Charles Jardine, pale blue end-papers. Farson, A.R.B. Haldane and Sir Robert Bruce Lockhart this is evocative and informative fishing writing at its very best". Well written tales of Scottish salmon, trout and seatrout fishing. Chapters include: A salmon fisher's apology; Helsmdale Februaries; The nearly perfect salmon fly; Three Tay days; Salmon in high water; The pursuit of depth; Signals from the trout; Demythologising Mishnish; An optimistic note on Scottish sea trout; West Highland sea trout; Sea trout size; Getting to know Spey sea trout; Night sea trout: a revised manifesto; Salmon in the dark; Salmon among the weeds; Hooking salmon on the fly; Nooks and crannies; Sometimes salmon go mad; Welcome but infuriating grilse; The quest for wild trout; Tuesdays on Gladhouse; Going barbless; Rainbow beginnings; The essence of Tweed in Autumn; Big day at Boleside; The Dowie Dens o'Yarrow; Late encounters on a sea trout loch; The St Andrew's day event.