SALMON: HOW TO CATCH THEM. By Coombe Richards. Series editor Kenneth Mansfield.

(1956) later reprint. Small format (94 x 164mm). Pp94. B/w illustrations. Blue boards, spine titled in dark blue.

Another title in the excellent and highly collectable 'How To Catch Them' series. Chapters include: Spawning and growth; Kelts, baggots and rawners; Tackle - for fly fishing, for spinning and bait fishing; Location - salmon lies and catches, time of the day; Fly fishing - the sunk fly, moving a fish, control of line and fly, time and tactics, the greased line, choice of fly, control of fly, hooking and playing a fish; Spinning and bait fishing - the artificial minnow, natural dead baits, the sprat, the prawn, the shrimp, eel-tail, stone loach, minnow etc., the worm, the spoon, plugs and wobblers.