THE FLOATING LINE FOR SALMON AND SEA-TROUT. By Anthony Crossley. With a chapter on dry fly fishing for salmon by John Rennie, correspondence between the late A.H. Wood of Cairnton and other fishermen and a commentary by W.J. Barry. First edition.

1939 1st edition. 8vo (143 x 222mm). Ppxii,177. B/w plates and line illustrations by Roy Beddington. Pink cloth, spine titled in dark blue.

"With a chapter on dry fly fishing by John Rennie; correspondence between the late A.H.Wood of Cairnton and other fishermen, and a commentary by W.J. Barry." Crossley explains Wood's method of greased line fishing for salmon with many quotations from Wood and his fellow fishermen. Crossley's own experiences are based mainly on the Scottish Dee and Irish Blackwater. He spent a great deal of time successfully using this method for the huge seatrout of the Swedish Em.