FLY RODDING THE COAST. By Ed Mitchell.

(1995) ND later reprint. 8vo (160 x 236mm). Ppxiv,322. Colour and b/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Blue paper-covered boards backed with grey cloth - spine titled in light grey.

A complete guide to catching striped bass, bonito, bluefish and little tunny on fly. "When you accept the challenge of fly fishing the salt, you face a strange and exciting new world. [This book] is a guide to meeting that challenge. [For the inland flyfisherman] pounding waves and rip currents replace riffles and quiet pools. Poppers and seven-inch streamers replace delicate midges and nymphs. Churning water thick with hungry fish replaces a quick surface dimple as the sight the angler hopes to see. And a new quarry - big, aggressive stripers, blues, bonito, or little tunny - replaces the elusive trout." Chapters include: Tides - what the fly rodder needs to know; Reading beaches; Reading rips; Reading points of land; Reading estuaries; Reading man-made structures; Reading the weather; Matching the marine - baitfish and beyond; Saltwater flies - a selection for New England; Saltwater tackle; Knots; Striped bass, bluefish, bonito, and little tunny; fighting your quarry - from start to finish; Fishing at night; Saltwater fly casting; New England planner; Marine conservation.