THE FRANK SAWYER OMNIBUS LTD EDITION - THE KEEPER OF THE STREAM & NYMPHS & THE TROUT

THE FRANK SAWYER OMNIBUS EDITION

THE KEEPER OF THE STREAM & NYMPHS & THE TROUT

LTD EDITION OF 450 COPIES FLYFISHER'S CLASSIC LIBRARY 1997

"To me a river is like a picture painted by a great artist; there is so much more than meets the eye of the causal observer"

FRANK SAWYER KEEPER OF THE STREAM THE LIFE OF A RIVER AND ITS TROUT FISHERY (First published in 1952)

Contents include: Life in the Valley, The Water, The Trout Regeneration, Wild Fish, Fly and Nymph, Mayfly and After Deception, The Human Element, Conversation Pieces Interlopers, The Arch Enemy, Weed and Water, Suspected Parties

NYMPHS AND THE TROUT (First published in 1958)

Contents include: Nymphs, a general Survey, Reading The River Techniques in nymph imitation, More about nymph imitation, Problems of fast water, Nymphs, fish and fisherman, Contrasts of trout behaviour, Casting and hooking, Speed in the tackle, Nymphs versus Grayling, The case of the Kennet, Experiments with salmon Lesser quarry, The nymph in still waters, The Great Lakes, To the far west, Journeys to Ulster, Sea-trout and others in Wales, The Highlands and Lowlands, With the nymph in Bavaria, A demonstration in North Sweden, Needs of the water

* Flyfisher's Classic Library Fully bound in red bonded leather, gilt FFCL motif to upper board, spine titled in gilt, gilt to top edge, marbled end papers, silk marker ribbon, in cloth-bound slipcase.