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A Summer on the Test

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A Summer on the Test
Author
Illustrator
CountryEngland
LanguageEnglish
SubjectFly fishing
PublisherPhilip Allen & Co, London
Publication date
1930
Pages227
ISBN9781907110610 Search this book on .
Preceded byA History of Fly Fishing for Trout (1921) 
Followed byRiver Keeper (1934) 

A Summer on the Test is a fly fishing book written by John Waller Hills published in London in 1930.

Synopsis[edit]

The Test is a river much affected by decline and deterioration, with the days of crystal clear waters and plentiful brown trout seemingly impossible to recover. A Summer on the Test reflects on the golden age giving an estimation of what it was once like and what we have lost.

Contents[edit]

  • Chapter I – The Test in history
  • Chapter II – The beginning of the season
  • Chapter III – The Iron Blue
  • Chapter IV – May and the Mayfly
  • Chapter V – A good Mayfly day
  • Chapter VI – A June day
  • Chapter VII – High Summer
  • Chapter VIII – July on the lower Test
  • Chapter IX – An August day
  • Chapter X – The end of the season
  • Chapter XI – The Tributaries of the Test
  • Chapter XII – Good days and bad days
  • Chapter XIII – The evening rise
  • Chapter XIV – The pageant of the seasons
  • Chapter XV – The harvest moon
  • Chapter XVI – Two days
  • Chapter XVII – The Blue-Winged Olive
  • Chapter XVIII – Stockbridge
  • Chapter XVIX – The nymph
  • Chapter XX – After many years

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Further reading[edit]

See also[edit]

Bibliography of fly fishing

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