TACKLE AND TECHNIQUE FOR TAKING TROUT: HOW TO SELECT THE RIGHT TACKLE AND IMPROVE YOUR CASTING, PLAYING, AND LANDING SKILLS. By Dave Hughes.

1990 1st edition. 8vo paperback (140 x 210mm). Pp192. B/w photographs, line illustrations by Richard Bunce, bibliography.

This book "gives expert advice on two vital aspects of fly fishing. The first section explains how to choose a rod, line, leader, and reel that are in balance... The second part demonstrates casting techniques that help you present enticingly lifelike flies." Contents include:- Trout rods; Fly lines; Leaders; Fly reels; Assembling the outfit; Gearing up for the game; The basic fly cast; The roll cast; Slack-line casts; The reach cast; Positive- and negative-curve casts; The steeple cast; Single and double hauls; Mending and tending line; Wading as part of the cast; A trout in the hand.