Copies: 500 cloth, 50 leather - both limited

Extent: 302pp

Size: 220 x 140mm

Binding: Quarter-bound cloth and quarter-bound leather

Illustrations: Monochrome photographs

Orange Otter

Christopher Knowles

When Courtney Williams published A Dictionary of Trout Flies in 1949, the Rev. Edward Powell of Munslow, Shropshire had more listings in the index than any other name except Pritt and Ronalds. Christopher Knowles, with the help of sixty years of Powell's fishing diaries, acquaints us with the man behind the patterns and at the same time reveals a whole era of fishing theory and practice that was in danger of disappearing from view. In so doing, he creates a fascinating, highly readable, portrait of Welsh Border fishing and its main characters.

'Intriguing and entertaining . . . a delightful and very important work - a real "must have" for anyone with the slightest interest in the history of our sport.' - Fly Fishing and Fly Tying