All the writers who have contributed to Trout and Salmon magazine over the last 40 years have had one thin in common - they practised before they preached, and this book is a distillation of the thousands of articles that have appeared since the first issue of the magazine was published in 1955. Some of the articles register the milestones in tackle development. Others opened readers' eyes to new ways of deceiving that uncatchable salmon or trout, while many are purely tales which rekindle memories of times past and a life-long love affair with what surely has to be the finest sport of all. John Goddard on the barbed hooks controversy, Clarke on a philosophy for catching trout, Skues on nymph fishing... all are represented and all are anglers with great knowledge who have undoubtedly helped shape our sport into what it is today. This, then, is not a book for those whose only reason for fishing is to inflate a failing ego with huge catches of fish, but simply a companion to enjoy when the rivers show their bones or wild winter winds rattle the window frame. Hardcover, 339 pages, 24cm x 16cm.
Good condition.