Subtitled ‘Seasonal Approaches to Game Fishing,’ this hundred and forty three page book takes a look at the fishing year in a series of vignettes which start and finish on the great rivers of Scotland, but take in New Zealand, Ireland and the Kola Peninsula in passing, so there should be something for everybody here. Ian’s tales encompass a wide range of fishing from hunting sea-trout fresh in on the tide, through loch fishing, to salmon in the sea, so there is no lack of variety to stimulate the reader.

Neale is an affable writer and should be familiar to readers of Trout and Salmon.