FLY FISHING TACTICS FOR BROWN TROUT. By Geoffrey Bucknall.

2000 1st edition. 4to (195 x 252mm). Ppxiv,194. Colour and b/w photographs, colour plates of flies. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt.

"At a time when angling technology is developing rapidly, Geoffrey Bucknall emphasises the age-old truths of observation and learning from the water. Improved technology is not a substitute for basic skills. Flyfishing Tactics for Brown Trout recommends a much lighter lackle system than traditionally used in Britain, and also teaches the revolutionary casting system Bucknall has developed in order to exploit the ultra-light line he favours. This book is ideal for any angler who wishes to develop his skills." Chapters include: General considerations; A new philosophy; A new approach to fly casting; The compulsion for distance; Rivers and streams; The upstream wet fly; Down and across; The nymph of the stream; The vanishing becks; Dry fly tactics; Still waters; A general survey; Boat control; Organised bank fishing; The mysterious ferox; Trolling lures; Mayfly and large floaters; Still water nymphs; Standard dry fly; Sticklebackers; Buzzers; Dapping; Float tubing for trout anglers; Standard lure fishing; Snapshots of memory.