This Wonderful World of Trout

The story of the magic of trout fishing as told in this volume is treasured information to every angler. History, tradition and conservation; reporting, narration, quotation and fiction, it is here in all the splendor befitting the great sport of fly fishing. The book was written for the one whose blood pressure rises in the spring, who stirs inside at the sight and sound of surface-feeding fish, who relishes the challenge of problems and who is rewarded by the solutions to some of them. Fashioned in THIS WONDERFUL WORLD OF TROUT is angling in its finest and most rewarding form. Recorded are developments and refinements. Informative data include: effective imitations, the calendar of aquatic insects, the importance of the terrestrials and their imitations, postgraduate casting, rods and reels and their relationship to light leaders, how to catch large trout on flies, results of tagging, redistribution of hatches, the way to develop quality fishing, etc. Incorporated is the trout-conservation story in this land. Interwoven is the English background which has given fly fishing for trout such a brilliant history and rich tradition. The short stories in the latter part of the book, which for the most part are built around the traits common to all fly fishers, constitute delightful armchair adventure. Trout fishermen throughout the country will find this new edition of Charlie Fox's modern classic as valuable an addition to their angling enjoyment as a favorite rod.