Draper, Keith – Angling in New Zealand

By Allan Burgess on 17/07/2016

Angling in New Zealand

by Keith Draper

Hardcover with colour dust jacket. 172pp first edition, 1978 and 1981 reprints 151pp Size: 250mm x 190mm. 151 pp. Colour and Black and White photographs.

Keith Draper’s Angling in New Zealand is very much a “how to catch trout book” covering all the usual subjects including dryfly, nymph, wet fly, smelt, winter fishing, fishing at night, spinning, boat angling for trout, salmon, fishing gear and a host of others. Even today, some 35 years on, it still inspires young and old to have a go.

The book contains many original photographs by the author. Keith Draper was born in Hastings in 1932. He died recently. He is perhaps best remembered for his excellent fly tying books which have become the standard by which all others are measured. Allan Burgess