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FLY LEAVES AND WATERSIDE SKETCHES
Written by Gordon Mackie. Illustrated by Jane Vaughan-Wilson.
Stock no. 1329348
Published by Robert Hale. 1st 1998. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

An extensive collection of writings from Gordon Mackie, leading us into a world of fly-fishing adventure, mystery and debate. Largely anecdotal in nature, laced with humour, pithy comments and delightfully surreal happenings. Green boards, silver title to spine. Red endpapers. A few colour photos. B/w chapter footers. ISBN: 0709061447. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is very slightly edge creased and faded to spine.

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TROUT FISHING
Written by W. Earl Hodgson.
Stock no. 1329345
Published by Adam & Charles Black. 1904. Very good condition.

Dark blue cloth, gilt titles and trout vignette to front. 8 colour plates. Reprint (with emendations and additions), May 1904. Spine and corners bumped. A few small, light spots to front cover. Inscription in ink to front free-endpaper. Neat pencil writing to front endpapers. Endpapers and page edges foxed.

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TROUT MADNESS
Written by Robert Traver.
Stock no. 1329342
Published by St Martin's Press. 1st 1960. Very good condition in a fair dustwrapper.

"Being a Dissertation on the Symptoms and Pathology of This Incurable Disease by One of Its Victims". Green cloth spine with gilt title (on orange title label). Green boards with small gilt vignette to front board. Blue endpapers. 178 pages. Spine and corners bumped and worn. Endpapers lightly browned. Pale page browning else contents clean. Price-cut wrapper is heavily foxed to flaps and on verso, is grubby and edge chipped with some loss, centre of spine has a 1" torn piece (present but torn).

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SEA TROUT FLIES
Written by James Waltham.
Stock no. 1329334
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1st 1988. Slightly better than very good condition.

Glazed pictorial boards. Colour and b/w photos. ISBN: 0713655224. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Some light foxing to top edge of textblock.

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THE VIEW FROM RAT LAKE
Written by John Gierach.
Stock no. 1329322
Published by Excellent Press. 1st UK 1996. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The sequel to Trout Bum, a trip to Rat Lake, Montana inspires this book. Burgundy boards, gilt title to spine. 193 pages. ISBN: 1900318008. Spine bumped. Pale page browning throughout else contents clean. Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed/creased.

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DANCES WITH TROUT
Written by John Gierach. Illustrated by Glenn Wolff.
Stock no. 1329321
Published by Robinson Publishing Ltd. 1st UK 1994. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

From Alaska to Texas to Scotland in search of good fishing and even better fish stories. White cloth spine with metallic blue title, blue boards. 205 pages. B/w chapter headers. ISBN: 1854872877. Spine and corners slightly bumped, some slight foxing to cloth of spine. Contents fine. Dustwrapper is slightly edge creased.

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MODERN TROUT FLY DRESSING
Written by Roger Woolley.
Stock no. 1329319
Published by The Fishing Gazette. 1939. Very good condition.

Second Edition. With many illustrations and dressings of over 400 flies. Small format. Brown cloth boards, gilt titles. Brown marbled endpapers. B/w illustrations. Covers are edge rubbed, slightly worn to top of spine, some scuffing to rear cover. Pale page edge browning else contents clean.

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FLY-TYING DEVELOPMENT AND PROGRESS
Written by John Veniard. Illustrated by Donald Downs.
Stock no. 1329315
Published by A. & C. Black Ltd.. 1st 1972. Very good condition in a almost very good dustwrapper.

Blue cloth, gilt title to spine. B/w photos and illustrations, a few colour plates. 218 pages. ISBN: 0713612681. SIGNED by the illustrator with small illustration of a fly, dedication to previous owner. (Think the author was meant to sign it too but that bit is blank). Spine bumped. Very slight darkening to cover edges. Page edge browning. Slight foxing/browning to endpapers. Margins of colour plates are foxed. Dustwrapper is edge worn and a bit browned to rear panel.

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TACTICAL FLY FISHING FOR TROUT AND SEA TROUT ON RIVER AND STREAM
Written by Pat O'Reilly.
Stock no. 1329312
Published by The Crowood Press. 1st 1990. Very good condition in a very good dustwrapper.

Green boards, gilt title to spine. B/w photos. 269 numbered pages. ISBN: 1852232943. Spine and corners bumped. Contents fine (top edge of textblock ever so slightly dusty). Dustwrapper is slightly edge rubbed and creased with slight wear to top corners.

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TROUT FROM THE HILLS: THE CONFESSIONS OF AN ADDICTED FLY-FISHERMAN
Written by Ian Niall. Illustrated by Christopher Wormell.
Stock no. 1329311
Published by H.F. & G. Witherby Ltd.. 1st thus 1991. Nearly fine condition in a very good dustwrapper.

The art of lake fishing and the lakes of North Wales in particular. Black boards, gilt title to spine. 159 pages. B/w illustrations. ISBN: 0854932054. Minimal bumping to spine and corners. Top edge of textblock slightly dusty else contents fine. Brown pictorial wrapper is rubbed at edges.

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THE TROUT FLY DRESSER'S CABINET OF DEVICES
Written by H.G. Mcclelland.
Stock no. 1329308
Published by The Fishing Gazette. 4th 1919. Good condition.

Or, How to Tie The Flies for Trout and Grayling Fishing. Fourth Edition. Small format. Green cloth spine with green title, green paper boards. Eighty b/w illustrations. vii and 137 pages including index and advertisements to rear. Spine and corners bumped and slightly worn. Title on spine is rubbed. Covers are slightly grubby and there is a horizontal crease to the rear cover. Name in ink to front free-endpaper. Rear endpapers browned. Some hinges cracked but contents still clean.

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TELLING ON THE TROUT
Written by Edward Ringwood Hewitt.
Stock no. 1329303
Published by Charles Scribner's Sons. 1st 1926. Fair condition in a fair dustwrapper.

Green cloth, gilt titles. B/w plates and illustrations. viii and 166 pages. Covers are badly damp stained. Spine and corners bumped. Page browning to endpapers, foxing throughout. Dustwrapper is edge worn, browned to spine and lower half of spine is missing.

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