COMPETITIVE FLY-FISHING. By Tony Pawson.

1982 1st edition. 8vo (145 x 223mm). Pp288. B/w photographs, maps. Black boards, spine titled in silver-gilt.

Contains a great deal on the history of international competitive flyfishing as well as the venues and methods. "Tony Pawson, himself an international, provides advice for the practiced competitor and novice alike, reinforcing it with many amusing, and sometimes rueful, stories from his own and others' experiences. Some sixty past and present internationals from all four countries have contributed to this book describing their favourite flies, techniques and drifts for fishing all the main competitive waters from the large natural lakes such as Conn and Leven to the stocked waters of Trawsfynydd, Grafham and Chew. As well as providing all the details a fly-fisherman needs to know for entering national and international competitions, Tony Pawson also covers the whole range of competitive game fishing from catching record fish, internationals for the disabled and Welsh night sewin matches to the great individual contests like the 'world cup' on Lough Mask."