TORRIDGE REFLECTIONS. By Charles Inniss.

# (2012) 2018 reprint. 8vo (162 x 243mm). Pp237. Colour and b/w photographs, b/w vignette illustrations. Green boards, gilt fly vignette to upper board, spine titled in gilt.

# "This wonderfully evocative book has been written by Charles Inniss, whose family owned The Half Moon Inn at Sheepwash in North Devon for 40 years. Chronicling the changing fortunes of the Inn and the beautiful River Torridge, it not only informs and educates, but it is hugely entertaining with humorous tales of guests and locals, each of whom formed part of a way of life in this quintissential West Country village." Chapters include: Early recollections; My first salmon; My first sea trout; The golden years; Fair means and foul; Homeward bound; Problems aplenty; The turn of the tide; The February experiment; The net fishery; 'Fly only'; The Torridge Fishery Association; Fresh pastures; Brimblecombe; 'The Rod Room'; A helping hand; The last cast; My farming friends; the changing river; The weather; Fishing the river; Final thoughts. The first printing of the standard edition (identifiable because the spine is untitled) was of 350 copies and quickly sold out. This copy is from the fourth printing, as stated on the title-page verso. Forewords by Lord Clinton and Peter Lapsley