David Scholes does not write how-to books, but his accounts are so rich in trout lore and his experience so great, gathered over thousands of fishing days throughout the world, that the reader, be he or she a beginner or angler of long standing, cannot help learning. His stories of success and failure of yore, and his thoughts of the failure are so spendidly written that it is easy to understand why his books are so popular.
This one is the direct result of his profound sympathy for a dying angler, who, through his grateful words of praise, persuaded him as he says in his preface: "to try one more time to write further trouty words with the hope that they might bring smiles in some cases and peace of mind in others".
This he has done in a unique and successful way by gathering the subjects, large or small, into groups to form chapters that sometimes charm, sometimes reveal new information and at others contain wit known only to a fishermen. This book can be opened and ready anywhere, the page at once bringing the reader into the scene in company with the author.
