CHALK STREAM FLY FISHING: A 21ST CENTURY ANTHOLOGY. Edited by Graham Chalmers.

2012 1st edition. Large 8vo (175 x 253mm). Ppxviii,206. Colour photographs, colour plates of flies, b/w line illustrations. Red boards, spine titled in silver.

"A collection of in-depth essays comprehensively surveying the world of chalkstream flyfishing in Britain. With contributions from ...writers, who all have a specialist knowledge of the sport. ...Conceived, designed and edited by Graham Chalmers, in collaboration with the Salisbury and District Angling Club." Chapters include: Ecology of a chalkstream, by Malcolm Anderson; How to approach a chalkstream, by Gordon Mackie; Entomology of a chalkstream, by Dr Cyril Bennett; Artificial flies for chalkstream fishing, by Dennis Shaw; Madness of the may fly, by Peter McLeod; Seasonal tactics, by John Stoddart; Presenting the upstream dry fly, by Ian May; Chalk stream nymph fishing, by Alwyn Lindsey; Expeditions after grayling, by Jan Szakowski; Chalkstream fly fishing for coarse fish, by Dominic Longley; River management, by Andreas Topintzis; The future, by Theo Pike. Not an 'anthology' at all, but a fine new collection of important and original pieces on chalkstream flyfishing.