NEW ZEALAND TROUT FRONTIERS. By Adrian Bell.

2007 1st edition. Large 8vo paperback with flaps (171 x 240mm). Pp200. Colour photographs throughout, bibliography.

This book is "a journey of exploration through a range of fishing venues. ...Techniques required to fish a range of waters in both islands are explored: all the way from rainbow streams high in the Ruahines to the braided rivers of the South." Introduction, wild and otherwise; A preoccupation with lakes; Fly by night; Fly by day; Two rivers; The Pihanga princess; Wilderness Taupo; Wild and scenic rivers; Spring creek browns in South Westland; Papa and greywacke; Big, beautiful , and braided; Beech masts and super trout; Spring creek rainbows; Three lakes revisited; Three more lakes; Postscript.