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TROUT ANGLER'S ANGLES: AN APPROACH TO STILLWATERS
Written by Alan Pearson.
Stock no. 1329472
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

For all trout fishermen who wish to learn more about trout and try a different, more reasoning approach to the prime objective of catching fish. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 175 pages. B/w photos throughout, some colour plates bound together. ISBN: 1852234350. Minimal bumping to spine and corners of book and wrapper. Slight foxing to top edge of textblock.

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CLYDE-STYLE FLIES AND THEIR DRESSINGS
Written by John Reid; William G. McKendry.
Stock no. 1329471
Published by David & Charles. 1st 1971. Slightly better than very good condition.

With Some Hints On Their Use. Foreword by McKendry. Glazed boards. 96 pages. A couple of colour plates, b/w drawings. ISBN: 0715353527. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Contents clean. Gold address label to rear cover.

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THE SOFT-HACKLED FLY
Written by Sylvester Nemes.
Stock no. 1329470
Published by Sylvester Nemes. 1st PB 1975. Good condition.

A trout fisherman's guide. Cardwraps. 130 pages. B/w photos plus a few colour plates. ISBN: 0856991252. Covers are worn to spine and corners and rubbed at edges, corners are lightly creased. Name in ink to half title-page. Foxing to textblock.

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MY ROD MY COMFORT
Written by Robert Bruce Lockhart. Illustrated by John Gaastra.
Stock no. 1329468
Published by Putnam & Co. Ltd.. 1st 1957. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. 78 pages. Illustrated with b/w wood engravings. Spine slightly bumped. Neat biro writing to front free-endpaper. Pale page browning. Textblock is foxed at top edge. Dustwrapper is browned and edge chipped.

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FISHING WITH THE FLY
Written by Charles F. Orvis; A. Nelson Cheney.
Stock no. 1329467
Published by The Wellfleet Press. 1st USA 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Sketches by Lovers of the Art, with illustrations of standard Flies. Collected by Orvis and Cheney. American edition. Green boards, gilt title to spine. 325 numbered pages. Colour plates. ISBN: 1555213774. Spine bumped. Foxing to endpapers, some spotting to textblock. Dustwrapper is foxed on verso.

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WHERE THE BRIGHT WATERS MEET
Written by H. Plunket Greene.
Stock no. 1329466
Published by Philip Alan & Co Ltd. 2nd 1929. Good condition.

Second edition. Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. 253 pages, edges untrimmed. B/w photo plates. Spine and corners bumped and rubbed, split to top of spine. Covers grubby with small repaired(?) patch to front edge of spine. Name and date in ink to front free-endpaper. Obituary of Mr Plunket Greene tipped onto front pastedown. Hinges pulled but binding still very tight.

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GUIDE TO CATSKILL TROUT
Written by John A. Punola.
Stock no. 1329465
Published by Pathfinder. 3rd 1981. Very good condition.

3rd edition. Cardwraps. 71 pages. B/w maps and photos. ISBN: 0939888017. Name and date in biro to title-page. Some biro notes to page margins. A few small marks to front cover, rear cover slightly grubby. Top corner of last page lightly creased.

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THE NEW TROUT FISHING GUIDE TO ORKNEY
Written by Stan Headley.
Stock no. 1329464
Almost very good condition.

Paperwraps. 36 pages. 4 centre pages are colour plates of lochs. SIGNED by the author by means of a dedication to front cover of booklet. Stain to lower margins of rear cover and last half of the pages.

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THE TRUTH ABOUT FLUORESCENTS
Written by Thomas Clegg.
Stock no. 1329463
Published by Tom C. Saville Ltd.. Circa 1967. Very good condition.

A rational attempt to explain the complexities which have confronted anglers since the earliest British writers wrote about flyfishing. Cardwarps. 44 pages. Some b/w photos and diagrams. Covers are a bit grubby.

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A GUIDE TO RIVER TROUT FLIES
Written by John Roberts.
Stock no. 1829724
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 1989. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

A comprehensive collection of 400 patterns to cover all possible river types and conditions. Green boards, gilt title to spine. Colour illustrations. 240 pages including index. ISBN: 185223167X. Minor foxing to top edge of text block. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is lightly creased and a little grubby.

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A PARTICULAR LUNN: ONE HUNDRED GLORIOUS YEARS ON THE TEST
Written by Mick Lunn; Clive Graham-Ranger.
Stock no. 1829723
Published by Unwin Hyman Ltd.. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The River Test is the most famous chalkstream in the world. Green cloth boards, gilt title to spine. B/w and colour photographs. xii and 157 pages. ISBN: 0044405731. Top & tail of spine lightly rubbed, corners of boards lightly bumped. Text block lightly browned. Contents clean. Pictorial dustwrapper is scuffed, a little grubby, worn at corners.

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CHAUNCY LIVELY'S FLYBOX: A PORTFOLIO OF TROUT FLIES
Written by Chauncy Lively.
Stock no. 1829721
Published by Stackpole Books. 1st 1980. Very good condition.

Over forty of the most effective flies from Chauncy Lively's years of experimentation and testing. Pictorial cardwraps. B/w step-by-step photographs. 96 pages. ISBN: 0811720780. Covers lightly scuffed but clean. Top front corner of covers and contents lightly bowed downwards (tip of top corner, minor). Contents clean.

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