PETER COCKWILL'S FLY FISHING TROUT IN THE SMALL STILLWATERS. By Peter Cockwill.

2022 1st edition thus. 4to (190 x 250mm). Pp192. Colour photographs throughout. Matt boards, spine and upper board titled in silver with trout vignette. Issued without a dust-wrapper.

"It's a full update on everything to do with small fisheries. The fish, management, insects, flies, techniques, trouble shooting tactics. A lifetime's knowledge!" Not to be confused with the author's previous success, Trout from Small Stillwaters, this is a re-written and enlarged discussion of the state of the art in small fisheries. Chapters include: The essentials; Styles and methods - bank fishing, wading, boats, float tubes; The fisheries; The fish - rainbow trout, brown trout, arctic charr, brook trout, tiger trout, sparctic trout [Arctic charr / brook trout hybrid, the brook trout is itself a species of charr], cheetah trout, arctic brown, Atlantic salmon ; The equipment - fly rods, reels, fly lines, knots, flies, casting; Natural food - chironomids, damsels, the mayflies, sedge flies, carixia and shrimps, daphnia, snails, terrestrials, eggs, fish, bait fish species; Fly patterns; Fishing the fly - retrieves, hooking playing and netting; Catch and release; Tackle in depth; Trouble shooting; Memories of your fish; Alternatives to trout.