THE TROUT AND THE FLY: A NEW APPROACH. By John Goddard and Brian Clarke.

(1980) later reprint. 4to (211 x 276mm). Pp192. Colour and b/w photographs, line illustrations. Red or green boards, spine titled in gilt.

One of the most important modern books on flyfishing. Pioneering stuff on rise-forms, presentation, and on the way natural and artificial flies appear to the trout. Chapters include: The trout and the fly; The approach; How to see trout; Where trout lie; The light patch; Clues to feeding behaviour; How the trout sees; What the trout sees of the fly; What the trout sees of the angler; Fishing the nymph; Reading the take to the nymph; Fishing the dry fly; The search for truth; What we set out to achieve - and why; How to tie the new patterns; Postscript - the barbless hook.