Mr Fogg is a Derbyshire man, a retired teacher, who in his thoroughness, has given us the benefit of his observations and conclusions. He is telling us, in effect, get back to the old time religion – the religion of the once standard patterns of flies like the Woodcock Spider, March Brown, Snipe and Purple, Black Spider, and numerous others that seem to have disappeared from the fly boxes of the younger fisher-folk. He also tells you how to tie them.

He tells us that when the trout are on sedges, palmered flies can be effective, and don’t forget the Invicta, particularly the Silver Invicta. And how do you know when the sedges have come round. Usually one lands on you – at least they do on me - presumably to remind me, and to stop by for a time just to be friendly.

Now I got a thing about the Coch-y-bondhu – probably because this was the fly I was started on for tying, and told to keep tying until I got them perfect. As it happened, I got bored with tying them long before I got them perfect, and set out upon my own course, tying in a bit of this and a bit of that, creating something nobody ever saw or heard of, and probably never cared to, but which often worked remarkably well. Did I ever catch anything on the Coch-y-bondhu? Well, I carried them around for a while, tied one on once or twice, but never got so much as a touch. I probably hadn’t done a very good job of tying.

Mr Fogg enlisted the aid of his entire family in creating this work. His son did the photos, and a very good job he did too.

If you ever wondered how the Zulu got its name, it harks back to the Zulu uprising in the 1880s.

'A Guide for the Advanced and Competition Angler', which sums up this work pretty well. Do you want glory, the satisfaction of taking home a trophy to put on the mantelpiece, for the entire world to admire? Then read on, Lucas will tell you how. He is a research scientist, but is renowned for his fishing skills, his impressive successes in winning fishing competitions. He puts it this way: "I stress that even if you have absolutely no interest in formally competing in the sport, knowledge of the nature of competitive fly fishing will enhance everyone’s own fishing abilities."

Lucas hates brightly coloured lines, says they spook fish, though, he points out, other experts disagree. But he remains unwavering, having observed the phenomenon on many occasions, which on the face of it, makes sense.

Regarding reels, they just hold the line, and have no great importance in catching fish, but it is the emotional impact- some like them ultra-modern, while others are happy to have and to use the old battered one.

A floating line is standard, though, generally speaking, I personally find that an intermediate goes to more places (as I determine) and catches me more fish. I carry around line indicators – some people call this, derisively, “float fishing,” but of which the author approves. I have never actually used mine, preferring as I do, to feel, rather than to see, since I can’t concentrate on the line for more than a couple of minutes (if that long) and would sooner feast my eyes on all that surrounds me.

In flies, Lucas says to keep it simple, ties using mostly natural materials. He likes the Cove and Sawyer nymphs, but is not adverse to using the booby. And so, now you are on your way to becoming a competition angler.