RESERVOIR AND GRAVEL PIT TROUT: HOW TO CATCH THEM. By W.T. Sargeaunt. Series editor Kenneth Mansfield.

1963 1st edition. Small format (94 x 167mm). Pp95. B/w illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in dark blue.

Perhaps the first book on fishing the stocked small waters which have become such a feature of fly-fishing today. One of the scarcer titles in the collectable 'How to Catch Them' series. Chapters include: The waters and the fish; For the defence; The fisherman and his gear; Finding the fish; Conventional flies; The deep nymph; Imitating the natural; Fishing the tiny flies; Mayfly; Olives - sedges - alders etc; Blue dragon fly - crane fly; Under water stuff; Stickleback; Bait casting and spinners; Stocking small waters; Main methods of fishing; Check list of tackle.