TREAD QUIETLY. STORIES FROM A NEW ZEALAND TROUT FISHERMAN. By John McInnes.

TREAD QUIETLY: STORIES FROM A NEW ZEALAND TROUT FISHERMAN. By John McInnes.

Hardback, name inside, minor scuffing and bumping to edges, minor marks and tanning to ends. Dust jacket scuffed, chipped, small closed tear, and tiny pieces missing from edges

Published in 1983 1st edition Rare book John McIndoe. Dunedin, New Zealand. 1983 1st edition. 8vo (150 x 222mm). Pp128.

Nice New Zealand trouting stories. ".John McInnes is a fisherman in the classic tradition of moving quietly and thinking carefully. Tread Quietly is not about the 'name' fisheries; it is about the river alongside the road, or the stream just outside town - although there are tales of excursions into the backblocks, and many of New Zealand's more enticing rivers and lakes in the stories. There is insight too - into fishing the nymph during hot clear summers, using the sedge in the wee small hours of the morning, or stalking feeding cruisers along the edge of a lake. But there is little instruction. The insight comes as the stories and discussions unfold."