TACTICS ON TROUT. By Ray Ovington.

1969 1st edition. Large 8vo (160 x 240mm). Ppx,328,v. B/w illustrations by the author. Dark blue cloth, printed green fish and fly motif to upper board, spine titled and decorated in gilt and green.

How to read the water. One of the most comprehensive books on streamcraft for river flyfishing for trout. "teaches ...with the help of numerous precise procedural drawings, exactly how to wade, cast, and fish out each of 33 different, but typical, kinds of trout pools". Chapters include:- The midstream rock; Two center rocks; Three center rocks; Deep center current; Curved center current; Shelving riffle; Undercut bank; Sharp-angle pool; Corner bend; Split riffle; Head of pool I; Tail of pool I; Head of pool II; Tail of pool II; Head of pool III; Tail of pool III; Ledge pool; S-shaped pool; Bridge pool I; Bridge pool II; Stream snags I and II; Shallow flat water; Deep flat water; Stream tributary; Below tributary; Waste water; Rock eddies; Stream split; Stream rejoin; Road pool; Big boulders, fast runs; Little streams (four types of water); Step pools; Watching the trout.