FLY-FISHING TACTICS ON STILL WATER. By Geoffrey Bucknall.

(1966) 1974 2nd revised edition . 8vo (140 x 223mm). Pp162. B/w photographs, line drawings by Keith Linsell, brief bibliography. Blue boards, spine titled in gilt.

"You will enjoy trouting most when a catch results from intelligently planned tactics and this revised edition is the book to demonstrate the right approach and method". Chapters include: Tackle and casting; Fly dressing for still water; Boat fishing; Approach to bank fishing; Catching the "sticklebacker"; The mysterious buzzers; The importance of sedge-flies; Olives and other dayflies; Insects from the land; The sunk line; Dwarfs and giants; Blagdon and Weirwood lakes; Towards a tactical philosophy. Appendices: Casting sequel; Dressings of artificial flies used by the author.