Stanley Paul London, 1991 reprint, 8vo Illust. 127pp. D/J. Illustrations by Patrick Benson. With three reprints in its first year of publication this became the most famous British fly fishing autobiography. "Here are his elusive fishing recollections told in a series of sometimes vividly comic chronological cameos - from Yorkshire schooldays in the early 1930's, through memorable outings on chalk stream, spate river and loch, to a startling conclusion half a lifetime later on a Scottish summer night. Will appeal to everyone, even [especially?] those who have never held a rod". Came to promenance when featured in an advertisement for the UK Yellow pages television advert, first shown in 1983. Norman Lumsden played the author in the TV advertisement. It was so popular that writers Russell and Lapsley were commissioned to provide a text for this, up-to-then, fictitious, book. D/j has permanent plastic cover. -Fine /Fine.
