MEMORIES AND REFLECTIONS. By Bob Church. Cloth-bound limited edition.

2015 1st edition. 8vo (158 x 237mm). Pp440. Colour and b/w photographs. Blue cloth, upper board titled in silver-gilt. Edition limited to 30 signed and numbered copies.

This is a copy of the cloth-bound edition that was limited to only 30 signed and numbered copies. Fifty-three chapters covering the author's lifetime of fishing experiences. Lots on the big English trout reservoirs, a good deal of flyfishing for pike and zander, a splash of general coarse fishing and plenty of travelling around the world in search of new angling challenges - Iceland, New Zealand, Canada, Tasmania, Finland, Spain and more. A good read for the all-rounder. "In this book I've tried to help the reader along by showing some of the specimen fish that can be caught in our lakes and rivers. The photos are not just mine, but my close friends have also contributed by either posing for a photo, or lending their own. I have covered both coarse and game fly-fishing, and you will read a very praiseworthy chapter for the zander, which is a new thing for everyone. I think it's true to say that I, along with Mike Green, pioneered zander and pike fishing pike fishing on the fly in the UK. You may wish to visit some of the places in the world that I've fished and there are chapters on Scandinavia, Ireland, New Zealand and much more, but the contents date back to when I was a young man, fishing most of the time on the Great Ouse and a few local gravel pits. Since 1960, the reservoirs have played a big part in my fishing life. As you will read, I have mentioned Grafham quite a lot, and that's because it keeps producing the goods... and has been consistent all these years. Nowadays, you can take your choice of what to fish - perch, pike, zander, brown trout and rainbow trout. Go along and try it!"