A Summer on the Test

A Summer on the Test
Author	John Waller Hills
Illustrator
Country	England
Language	English
Subject	Fly fishing
Publisher	Philip Allen & Co, London
Publication date	1930
Pages	227
ISBN	9781907110610 Search this book on .
Preceded by	A History of Fly Fishing for Trout (1921)
Followed by	River Keeper (1934)

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

Synopsis

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.

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 XIX – The nymph
Chapter XX – After many years

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A Summer on the Test

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