FLY RODDING THE COAST. By Ed Mitchell.

ALL UK PARCELS SENT TRACKED! ALL OVERSEAS PARCELS SENT AIRMAIL, TRACKED! (S/hand, Paperback, 2002). (1995) 2002 paperback edition later reprint. 8vo paperback (153 x 230mm). Ppxiv,322. Colour and b/w photographs, illustrations, bibliography. Edges marked and slightly used but a very good second-hand paperback. A complete guide to catching striped bass, bonito, bluefish and little tunny on fly. "When you accept the challenge of fly fishing the salt, you face a strange and exciting new world. [This book] is a guide to meeting that challenge. [For the inland flyfisherman] pounding waves and rip currents replace riffles and quiet pools. Poppers and seven-inch streamers replace delicate midges and nymphs. Churning water thick with hungry fish replaces a quick surface dimple as the sight the angler hopes to see. And a new quarry - big, aggressive stripers, blues, bonito, or little tunny - replaces the elusive trout." Chapters include: Tides - what the fly rodder needs to know; Reading beaches; Reading rips; Reading points of land; Reading estuaries; Reading man-made structures; Reading the weather; Matching the marine - baitfish and beyond; Saltwater flies - a selection for New England; Saltwater tackle; Knots; Striped bass, bluefish, bonito, and little tunny; fighting your quarry - from start to finish; Fishing at night; Saltwater fly casting; New England planner; Marine conservation. .…